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Milan–Chiasso railway

Milan–Chiasso railway
230 m
Left arrowMonte Olimpino 1 tunnel (1,919 m)
46.619
Como San Giovanni
201 m
Camerlata
to Left arrow and Right arrow
41.679
Albate-Camerlata
Down arrow
40.340
Rosales junction
37.334
255 m
Cucciago tunnel (304 m)
34.171
Cantù-Cermenate
248 m
Seveso
31.764
Carimate
238 m
Seveso
27.092
217 m
21.598
Seregno
(opened 1849)
207 m
18.436
Desio
(opened 1849)
200 m
16.348
195 m
Galleria di Monza
11.934 (12.575)
Monza
(opened 1840)
160 m
Left arrowLeft arrow"Lecco" line / Left arrow"Chiasso" line
(7.695) 7.060
145 m
Sesto San Giovanni (old)
140 m
(3.984) 3.351
130 m
installed in 2010 and 2012
(2.065)
Mirabello junction
123 m
(1.744)
0.000 0.000
Milano Centrale
(opened in 1931)
(1931–1961)
(0.182)
(0.000) 4.770

Lake Como branch


FS line from Chiasso
FS line to Milan
Como Lago FS yard Source: Italian railway atlas

The Milano–Chiasso railway line is an Italian state-owned railway connecting Milan to Como and Chiasso, Switzerland.

It is electrified at 3000 volts DC. Between Milan and Monza it has four tracks and is used not only by trains operating to and from Como, but also by freight and passenger trains connecting Milan with Bergamo and Lecco, either directly or routed via Molteno. North of Monza, it has two tracks, but between the junction "Bivio Rosales" and Chiasso there is a parallel double track line (used mainly by freight trains to bypass the steep incline to Como) including Monte Olimpino 2 tunnel (7207 m).