The S6 is a

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route forming part of the

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( it, Servizio ferroviario suburbano di Milano), which converges on the city of

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, Italy. The route runs over the infrastructure of the Turin–Milan, Milan Passante and Milan–Venice railways. Like all the other Milan suburban railway service routes, it is operated by

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Route

Line S6, a

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, heads initially in an easterly direction from

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It i ...

to Rho Fiera Milano. From there, it runs through the municipality of Milan, via the Milan Passante railway, to Milano Porta Vittoria, and finally in an easterly direction to

Treviglio Treviglio (, Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' (i.e. municipality) in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It lies south of the province capital, in the lower territory called "Bassa Bergamasca". It's also part of the geo ...

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History

The S6 was activated on 12 December 2004, and operated initially between Novara and Milano Porta Vittoria. With the change of timetable on 15 June 2008, the line 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. Coinciding with another timetable change on 13 December 2009, the Porta Vittoria to Rogoredo section was closed, but the southern end of the route was extended in that section's place, from Porta Vittoria to Pioltello-Limito (and during rush hour to Treviglio).

Stations

The stations on the S6 are as follows (stations with blue background are in the municipality of Milan):

Rolling stock

S6 trains are made up of 5, 6 or 8-car

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(TAF) or Treno Servizio Regionale (TSR) train sets.

Scheduling

, S6 trains ran every half-hour between 06:00 and 00:30 daily. From 07:00 to 09:00, and from 17:00 to 20:00, S6 services cover the entire route between Novara and Treviglio. During the rest of the day, S6 trains are limited to Novara– Pioltello-Limito, except between 10:00 to 12:00, when the S6 operates only between Novara and

Milano Certosa Milano Certosa is a surface railway station in Milan, Italy. The station is on the north-west part of the city between the Quarto Oggiaro and Musocco neighborhoods. Its name comes from the Certosa di Garegnano. The station is located on Via Anto ...

References

External links

ATM
– official site
Trenord
– official site
Schematic of Line S6
–

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depicting all stations on Line S6 ''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at November 2012.'' {{Urban rail transport in Milan Milan S Lines