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The Milan Metro (Italian: Metropolitana di Milano) is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of five lines with a total network length of 111.8 kilometres (69.5 mi), and a total of 125 stations (+2 in construction) , mostly underground.
A Class 1500 streetcar on line 29 (now replaced by lines 9 and 10) in Corso Colombo, restored to the original 1920s white-and-yellow livery. Public transport in Milan started on August 17, 1840, with the opening of the Milan-Monza railway. Horse-drawn buses were introduced in 1841.
The first section opened on 26 November 2022 [2] and as of 2023 it is 7.3 km (4.5 mi) long with 8 stations. [3] The full line opened on 12 October 2024 [3] The line is 15.2 km (9.4 mi) long with 21 stations. [4] The line features automatic driverless trains [5] and is designed for a capacity of 24–28,000 passengers per hour in each direction. [6]
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The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Milan on a weekday is 64 min. 14% of public transit riders ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 11 min, while 12% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day.
The Milan–Paris Frecciarossa was inaugurated on 18 December 2021, [1] [2] with a morning and afternoon train in each direction. [19] An inaugural ceremony at Milano Centrale greeted the first train arriving from Paris Gare de Lyon, featuring actors with Napoleonic uniforms and can-can dancers. [20]
The Milan S Lines constitute the commuter rail system serving the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy. [2] The system comprises 12 lines serving 124 stations, for a total length of 403 km. [3] There are 415 trains per day with a daily ridership of about 230,000.
There are 2 types of trains in service on the line. The first type is the ET245, which was introduced in 1969 with the opening of the line and was the first train operated on Line 2. ET245 are formed by three-car consists, with Bo-Bo powered units at both ends and a car between them; normally, two consists are coupled to form a single train.