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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 Railway , the tram and bus network, as well as taxi, car and bike sharing services.
The Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the fifth longest in the European Union and the eighth in the Europe. [ 3 ] The first line, Line 1 , opened in 1964; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Line 2 opened 5 years later in 1969, [ 5 ] Line 3 in 1990, [ 5 ] Line 5 in 2013, [ 6 ] and Line 4 ...
The network comprises 5 lines, identified by different numbers and colors, with a total route length of 112 kilometres (70 mi) and 125 stations. The system has a daily ridership of over one million. [1] The metro network is connected to the Milan suburban railway service through several stations. Metro lines are identified by the letter "M ...
Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A. ("Milanese Transports Company JSC"; ATM) is the municipal public transport company of Milan and 46 surrounding metropolitan municipalities. [4] It operates 5 metro lines (see Milan Metro ), 17 tram lines (see Trams in Milan ), 122 bus lines and 4 trolleybus lines (see Trolleybuses in Milan ), carrying about 776 ...
The conversion to one-man operation and use of pantographs began in August 1972, with a single route (then route 2), and was completed in early 1979 with route 23. [12] The two interurban tram lines to Desio (with branch to Milanino) and Limbiate continued to use trolley-pole-equipped cars until autumn 1983 and October 1986, respectively.
Isola is a station on Line 5 of the Milan Metro. It takes its name from the Isola (island) district of Milan in which it is located, its name derived from the neighbourhood's position cut off from the city centre by the main railway.
The entire line is electrified by means of a third or fourth rail at 750 V DC. [10] Among the 63 trains running on the line, 20 entered service between 1964 (opening of the line) and 1970. Those trains are planned to be replaced by new Meneghino trains in the next few years. There are 17 Meneghino trains already operational as of March 2012. [2]
The line runs from the southern to the north-eastern neighborhoods passing through the city centre, serving the north-eastern metropolitan area with two different branches. The line is 39.4 km (24.5 mi) long and has 35 stations. Line 2 is the longest line of the Milan Metro and is the only one running partially overground.