The S4 is a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

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 Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...

, Italy. The route runs over the infrastructure of the

Milan–Asso railway The Milan–Asso railway is a regional railway line with standard track gauge which links Milan to Canzo crossing for Erba and other towns in Brianza. The most northern terminal is the station of Canzo- Asso, which is located in Canzo's territory ...

. 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

Camnago-Lentate ↔ Milano Cadorna Line S4, a

radial route A radial route is a public transport route linking a central point in a city or town, usually in the central business district (CBD), with a suburb (or satellite) of that city or town. Such a route can be operated by various forms of public tra ...

, runs from Camnago-Lentate, in a southerly direction via the Milan–Asso railway, to Milano Cadorna, the railway's urban terminus. The travel takes 42 minutes.Trenord timetable
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History

The S4 was activated on 12 December 2004 between

Seveso Seveso (; lmo, label= Lombard, Séves ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based on the furniture industry. Its name comes from the river of ...

and Milano Cadorna. On 19 February 2006, the line was extended from Seveso to Camnago-Lentate.

Stations

The stations on the S4 are as follows (stations with blue background are in the municipality of Milan):

Scheduling

, S4 trains ran every half-hour between 06:00 and 21:00 daily. After 21:00, the connection between Seveso and Milano Cadorna was provided by S2 trains between Seveso and Milano Porta Vittoria, connecting at Milano Bovisa-Politecnico with S3 services to or from Milano Cadorna.

References

External links

ATM
– official site
Trenord
– official site
Schematic of Line S4
– schematic depicting all stations on Line S4 ''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at November 2012.'' {{Urban rail transport in Milan Milan S Lines