Cassina De' Pecchi (Milan Metro)
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Cassina de' Pecchi is a suburban station on Line 2 of the
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in the municipality of the same name.


History

The station was opened in 1968, as a stop on the
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fast tramway line. Since 4 December 1972 the section from Cascina Gobba to
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, where this station is located, was connected to
Milan Metro Line 2 Line 2 (''Linea Due'' in Italian language, Italian), is a subway line serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, ATM as part of the Milan Metro. It is also called the Green Line, (''Linea Verde'' in Italian), as it is visually i ...
and operates as part of it ever since.


Station structure

The station has two covered platforms and two tracks. It is located on the approximately 144 meters long viaduct across the Martesana channel.Cornolò, ''op. cit.'', p. 285 The viaduct was designed by engineer Silvano Zorzi.Ceron, Farné, ''op. cit.'', p. 1017 The passenger building is located in a sort of mezzanine integrated into the structure, under the tracks at the western end of the platforms.


References


Bibliography

* Giovanni Cornolò, ''Fuori porta in tram. Le tranvie extraurbane milanesi'', Parma, Ermanno Arbertelli, 1980. * Elio Ceron, Sergio Farné, ''La progettazione e la costruzione delle Linee Celeri dell'Adda'', in "Ingegneria Ferroviaria", novembre 1995, pp. 1001–1022. Line 2 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1981 1981 establishments in Italy Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1980s {{Milan-metro-stub