The S2 is a
commuter rail
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route forming part of the
Milan suburban railway service
The Milan S Lines constitute the commuter rail system serving the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy.
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 a ...
( it, Servizio ferroviario suburbano di Milano), which converges on the city of
Milan
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, Italy.
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The service operates over the Milan–Asso and Milan Passante lines. Like all other Milan suburban railway service routes, it is operated by ]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 o ...
.
Route
S2, a cross-city route
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Such a route can be operated by various forms of public transport, including co ...
, heads initially in a southwesterly direction from Mariano Comense to Seveso
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Its name comes from the river of ...
, and then south to Milano Bovisa-Politecnico. From there, the line runs across the municipality of Milan, via the Milan Passante railway, to Milano Rogoredo.[ The journey takes 1h08'.Trenord timetable]
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History
The S2 was introduced on 12 December 2004, and operated initially between Mariano Comense and Milano Porta Vittoria.[
With the change of timetable on 15 June 2008, the service was extended from Milano Porta Vittoria to Milano Rogoredo, where there is interchange with regional trains and long-distance services to and from Genoa, Bologna and Mantua.][
The initial plans for the service foresaw a further extension from Milano Rogoredo to Pavia,][ but that has not materialized: Pavia has since been connected to the suburban railway service by the new S13.
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Stations
The stations on the S2 are as follows (stations with blue background are in the municipality of Milan):[
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See also
* History of rail transport in Italy
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* List of Milan suburban railway stations
* 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 ...
* Transport in Milan
Milan has an extensive internal transport network and is also an important transportation node in Italy, being one of the country's biggest hubs for air, rail and road networks.
Internal public transport network includes the Metro, the Suburban ...
References
External links
ATM
– official site
Trenord
– official site
Schematic of Line S2
– schematic depicting all stations on Line S2
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at November 2012.''
{{Urban rail transport in Milan
Milan S Lines