The Milan S Lines constitute the

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system serving the metropolitan area of

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. The system comprises 11 lines serving 124 stations, for a total length of 403 km. There are 415 trains per day with a daily ridership of about 230,000. The core of the system is the Passante, an underground railway running through the city approximately from the north-west to the south-east. Several lines share this track, making the service in the city centre comparable to a

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. The service

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is based on a

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. Although operated by different companies, the

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and the suburban rail service have integrated tickets.

Network

Lines in darker background run through the

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Defunct lines

Stations served

Integrated ticketing

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, a

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which can be charged with season tickets, replacing paper for this type of tickets in the Milan area. At the beginning of 2010, a new smartcard, ''RicaricaMi'', was introduced. The new card can be charged up with credit and can be used for travel in place of magnetic paper tickets, on the model of London's

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. These cards are also valid on the suburban railway lines. The suburban railways can be accessed also with the regional integrated ticket " Io viaggio ovunque in Lombardia", as 1 to 7 days tickets or more long subscription with smartcard "Io Viaggio".

Rolling stock

Several train classes are operated on the network. TAF (Treno Alta Frequentazione) class trains were introduced since the end of the 1990s. Trenord is now introducing new Treno Servizio Regionale (TSR) class trains to replace older rolling stock.

History

Full service started on 12 December 2004 with the completion of the Passante and the activation of the first 8 lines. However, a shuttle service was running since 1997 in the partially completed track. Line S4 was extended from Seveso to Camnago on 19 February 2006. The new Romolo station on line S9 was opened 3 months later. Lines S1, S2, S6 and S10 were extended from Porta Vittoria to the new station of Rogoredo on 15 June 2008. Two new stations, Pregnana Milanese and Rho Fiera Milano were opened in 2009. Line S8 and S11 began operation at the end of the same year, while the service was extended to reach Lodi and

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. On 26 March 2011, with the completion of the

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north extension, a new station, Affori, was opened in place of the old one, to be an interchange with the

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. On 1 May 2011 a new company,

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, was created from the joining of the two main regional train operators in Lombardy,

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and LeNord. Trenord is since then the operator of most of suburban lines.

Planned extensions

* line S2: extension from Milano Rogoredo to Pieve Emanuele. * line S8: extension from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Milano Bovisa. * line S9: extension from Saronno to Busto Arsizio. * line S13: extension from Milano Bovisa to Garbagnate. At least five new lines are expected to enter service in the next few years: * line S14: ''Magenta - Milano Rogoredo.'' * line S15: ''Parabiago - Milano Rogoredo.'' * line S16: ''Abbiategrasso - Lambrate - Rho.'' * line S17: ''Garbagnate - Garbagnate Ovest - Lainate.'' * line S18: ''Milano Bovisa - Milano Porta Garibaldi - Carnate Usmate - Orio al Serio.'' Several new stations are also planned for the Milan urban area: ''Milano Tibaldi'', the renewed ''Milano Porta Romana'' and others.

Gallery

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in use at

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References

External links

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Trenord - Le linee S

Line S5
{{Urban public transport in Italy Metropolitan City of Milan Passenger rail transport in Italy