Milano Greco Pirelli railway station ( it, Stazione di Milano Greco Pirelli) is one of the main stations serving the ''

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'' of

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. Opened in 1914, it is in the north of the city, in the ''

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'' of Greco. It is on the Milan–Monza railway. The station is currently managed by

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(RFI). Train services are operated by

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The station is located on Via

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, in the southeastern part of Greco.

History

The station was opened on 29 March 1914. At that time, it was located in the then ''

'' of Greco Milanese (annexed to Milan in 1923). The station had for decades served the nearby Pirelli factories, until their disposal at the end of the twentieth century. The disposal was followed by a strong urban development leading to the new modern district, designed by the architect

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. Inside the new district are the new

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and the

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. The next major station to the north is Sesto San Giovanni. To the south are

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and Milano Lambrate. Since 1966, the station has also been connected to

Milano Porta Garibaldi Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major railway station in the Italian city of Milan, located just to the north of the neighbourhood known as ''Porta Garibaldi''. ''Porta Garibaldi'' is the city's main station for commuter traffic with 25 million passe ...

through a newly built tunnel. The tunnel portal is to the south of Mirabello, near Piazza Carbonari (the so-called ''Passantino'').

Train services

Suburban lines

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↔ Albairate-Vermezzo *

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↔ Milano Porta Garibaldi

Interchange

The station offers interchange with tram line 7, urban bus lines 52, 81, 86 and 87, and interurban bus 728.

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