Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major

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in the

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city of

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, 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 passengers annually, although it is second to Centrale station considering total passenger traffic. The station is located on Piazza

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History

Garibaldi station was built in 1961 near three former stations called ''Porta Nuova'', opened between 1840 (Milan's first station on the

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) and 1931. The latter station was also called ''Varesine'' (after

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) and was the terminus of lines to

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and Varese. The construction of the station was part of an ambitious project for the development of a business centre, which remains largely uncompleted. In 1966 it was connected via the Garibaldi Tunnel to Mirabello junction and connected to the line to Monza (at Greco Pirelli station) and the belt line (at Lambrate station). The station thus became accessible from all the regional lines of

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(FS).

Train services

Porta Garibaldi has 12 terminal platforms looking north-west and 8 through platforms going from north-west to the aforementioned Garibaldi Tunnel, thus connecting the station to Milano Lambrate, Milano Greco Pirelli, and recently to Milano Centrale as well, thanks to the ''passantino'' (

for "small passageway") link. This link has been used by four ''Frecciarossa'' high speed trains since September 13, 2010, and more trains will be added starting from December 2010. In addition, two underground platforms are served by trains on the

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and FS. After a complete restyling, they now house the offices of

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. The upper part of the station has been the terminus of the suburban lines S7 and S8 since 2009. Eight long-distance

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trains between

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and

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are operated by

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operates a daily

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connection to

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in association with

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and Österreichische Bundesbahnen. 3

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services from

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terminate here since November 2011, replacing Central Station. The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *High speed services (''TGV'') ''Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan'' *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Turin - Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Rome - Naples - Salerno'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria'' *Night train (''ÖBB

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'') ''Milan - Brescia - Verona - Padova - Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna'' *Night train (''ÖBB Nightjet'') ''Milan - Brescia - Verona - Padova - Villach - Salzburg - Munich'' *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Milan - Monza - Carnate - Bergamo'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S1'') ''Saronno - Milan - Lodi'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S2'') ''Mariano Comense - Seveso - Milan'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S5'') ''Varese - Rho - Milan - Treviglio'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S6'') ''Novara - Rho - Milan - Treviglio'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S7'') ''Milan - Monza - Molteno - Lecco'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S8'') ''Milan - Monze - Carnate - Lecco'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S11'') ''Rho - Milan - Monza - Seregno - Como - Chiasso'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S12'') ''Milan - Melegnano'' *Milan Metropolitan services (''S13'') ''Milan - Pavia''

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