450px, Map of the main branch of the FNM lines. FNM operates also the Brescia-Edolo_railway_in_eastern_Lombardy.html" ;"title="Edolo.html" ;"title="Brescia-Edolo">Brescia-Edolo railway in eastern Lombardy">Edolo.html" ;"title="Brescia-Edolo">Brescia-Edolo railway in eastern Lombardy, not shown in map. Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM S.p.A.) is an Italian public transport company: the second largest railway company in Italy. It operates primarily in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and

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and in

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in southern

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Listed on the

Borsa Italiana Borsa Italiana, based in Milan, is the Italian stock exchange. It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervising disclosures for listed companies.italy24.i ...

, its main shareholders are the Lombardy Region (57.57%),

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

(14.5%) and Aurelia S.p.A. (3%).

History

The company was founded as ''Società Anonima Ferrovie Milano-Saronno e Milano-Erba'' in 1877 by the Belgian Albert Vaucamps. The

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...

- Saronno railroad was inaugurated on 22 March 1879, while the Milan- Erba was opened later in December the same year. In 1883 the company was rechristened ''Società Anonima per le Ferrovie Nord Milano ''(FNM). Five years later the consortium was joined by Società per le Ferrovie del Ticino, who held the Como- Malnate-

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label=Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the ca ...

- Laveno and Saronno- Malnate lines. Until the end of the century FNM also acquired the lines

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It i ...

- Seregno and Saronno-

Grandate Grandate (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southwest of Como. Grandate borders the following municipalities: Casnate con Bernate, Como, Lu ...

, forming a large network in northern Lombardy in direct competition with the

Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo The Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (''Mediterranean Railway Company'') was an Italian railway company from 1885 to 1905. It was established on 1 July 1885 and it absorbed the lines of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta ...

. When railways were nationalized in Italy, in 1907, Mediterranea acquired the shares of the Belgian owners. Electrification of most lines began in 1929, and was completed in 1953. In 1958 passenger service was discontinued on the Saronno-Seregno line, while the Malnate-Grandate line was closed in 1966. In 1974 FNM, a

joint stock company A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders a ...

starting from 1943, was entirely acquired by the Lombardy regional government. Two different companies, ''Ferrovie Nord Milano Esercizio'' and ''Ferrovie Nord Milano Autotrasporti'', were created in 1985 with responsibilities for rail and road transport respectively. In 2004 the former was again split into two companies, ''Ferrovie Nord Cargo'' (for cargo services) and ''Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti'' (for the passenger one). In 2006 a new logo and new identities for three companies were adopted: ''Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti S.r.l. '' became LeNord S.r.l., ''Ferrovie Nord Milano Esercizio S.p.A.'' became FERROVIENORD S.p.A. and ''Ferrovie Nord Cargo S.r.l.'' became NordCargo S.r.l.. The whole group name became FNM S.p.A.. Since 1993 FERROVIENORD (through LeNord and NordCargo) is managing the

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

- Iseo- Edolo railway branch, not connected to the main group of lines, centered in the

area.

Bus Services by Ferrovie Nord Milano Autoservizi

Province of Brescia The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia. With an ar ...

*F23a Saviore-Cedegolo *F23b Valle-Cedegolo *F27 Brescia-Iseo-Edolo *F28 Iseo-Breno *F29 Breno-Edolo *L62 Iseo-Provaglio-Brescia

Province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and L ...

*C64 Olgiate Comasco-Appiano Gentile-Lomazzo *C66 Appiano Gentile-Lurago Marinone-Lomazzo *C67 Saronno-Fenegrò-Lomazzo *C69 Lomazzo-Tradate *C76 Tradate-Olgiate Comasco *C77 Como-Varese *C84 Cantù-Lomazzo

Province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The headquarters of the Agu ...

*B48 Tradate-Castiglione Olona *B50 Somma Lombardo-Varese *C77 Como-Varese *H203 Saronno-Turate-Saronno *H204 Tradate-Saronno (Caronno Pertusella) *H601 Tradate-Legnano-Busto Arsizio *H632 Varese-Gallarate

Other Bus Services

*Asso-Saronno-Cesenatico-Rimini-Gabicce Mare (summer seasonal long-distance route) *Asso-Saronno-Varazze-Alassio-Sanremo (summer seasonal long-distance route) *Olgiate Comasco-Tradate-Origgio-Cervia-Rimini-Cattolica (summer seasonal long-distance route) *Milan Cadorna-Campione d'Italia

Locomotives & rolling stock

Electric Locomotives FNM Class E.600 FNM Class E.610 FNM Class E.620 FNM Class E.630 FNM(Cargo) Class E.640 Diesel Locomotives D.345 CNe.518 EMUs FNM Class E.700 FNM Class E.740 FNM Class E.750 *

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of h ...

, DMUs ALn668 Coaches FNM Az coach “Casaralta” double decker coach “Socimi” coach “Leichtstahlwagen“ coach

Subsidiaries

* FERROVIENORD * LeNord *Ferrovie Nord Milano Autoservizi. It hols public road transport in the province of

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps ...

and Val Camonica. *NordCargo *Nord Ing S.r.l., engineering company *NordCom S.p.A., provides informatics services for FNM companies and other public administrations *Nordenergia S.p.A.. It produces electric energy. *CargoClay, another rail cargo company (30% shared by Edicer) *Sems S.r.l. Rents low environmental impact vehicles. *VieNord S.r.l. Provides commercial and marketing services for the group's company.

In fiction

*In 2016, in the computer-animated film, '' Thomas & Friends: The Great Race'', one of the Ferrovie Nord Milano's locomotives is modeled for Gina, who also appears in Series 23.

References

Historical review at PLAIN
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