Magenta ( it, Stazione di Magenta, links=no) is a railway station in the Italian town of
Magenta
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. The station was opened on 18 June 1858 by the
Austrian Empire
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,
and is located on the
Turin–Milan railway
The Turin–Milan railway is a major Italian railway that links the cities of Turin and Milan. The railway is double track, standard gauge and fully electrified at 3 kV DC. It connects the cities of Settimo Torinese, Chivasso, Santhià, Vercel ...
. The train services are operated by
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail tra ...
and
Trenord
Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional passenger trains in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to manage train ope ...
.
The station was the set of the
battle of Magenta
The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai.
It took place near the town of Magent ...
, which also gave the name to the
Magenta station
Magenta is a station of the Île-de-France Réseau Express Régional (RER), in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built on the site of the Gare du Nord, the original name of Magenta station was Nord-Est with the possibility of a connectio ...
in Paris.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
*Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') Turin - Chivasso – Vercelli – Novara – Milan
*Milan Metropolitan services (''S6'') Novara - Milan - Treviglio
See also
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History of rail transport in Italy
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*
List of railway stations in Lombardy
This is the list of the railway stations in Lombardy owned by:
*Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato
* Ferrovienord
* Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER).
RFI stations
Ferrovienord stations
FER stati ...
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Rail transport in Italy
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail netw ...
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Railway stations in Italy
Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. See also: :it:Ferrovie in concessione
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References
External links
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Railway stations in Lombardy
Railway stations in Italy opened in 1858
Milan S Lines stations
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