Sesto Marelli is a station on Line 1 of the

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. The station was opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between Sesto Marelli and

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, and it was the terminus of Line 1 until 1986, when the line was extended to Sesto 1º Maggio. The station is located at the junction between Viale

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, Viale Tommaso Edison and Viale

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, near the city border with

Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni (; lmo, Sest San Giovann, label=Western Lombard ), locally referred to as just Sesto ( lmo, Sest, links=no), is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost s ...

. However, despite the name ''Sesto'', the station is completely part of the territory of Milan. This is an underground station with two tracks in a single tunnel.

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