Rho Fiera train station
| Rho Fiera | |
|---|---|
 Platforms, 2017
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Price range | FS Categoria Silver |
| opening | 2008 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Rho |
| Metropolitan city | Metropolitan city of Milan |
| region | Lombardy |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 31 '16 " N , 9 ° 5' 17" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Italy | |
The Rho Fiera Station is a breakpoint in the Lombard city of Rho in the metropolitan city of Milan . It serves as the exhibition center for the Nuova Fiera Milano site in Rho.
history
The station - then called Rho Fiera Milano - was temporarily opened on December 8, 2008, the scheduled commissioning took place on April 22, 2009. On September 28, 2009 the station was connected to the Turin – Milan high-speed line , which connects to the old lines Domodossola and Turin flows into it.
On December 14, 2014, the station was renamed Rho Fiera Expo Milano 2015 . In 2015 it was the central connection point of the World Exhibition Expo 2015 , which takes place next to the Milan exhibition center. During this time, all trains stop at the station. On December 13, 2015, the station was renamed Rho Fiera .
Location and facility
The station is located in the southeastern urban area of Rho, near the border with Milan. The eponymous fair is located southwest of the train station. The station has six platform tracks, two of which are for the high-speed line, the remaining four for traffic on the old lines to Turin and Domodossola, which run parallel as a four-lane between Rho station and Milan. In the real sense, the station consists of three parallel stops on the respective railway lines.
traffic
Long-distance transport
According to the timetable, all long-distance trains pass through the station, but during trade fairs some Frecciarossa stop on the way from Turin to Milan and Rome, which is why platforms were also built on the high-speed line. During Expo 2015, it is planned that all long-distance trains will stop at the station, including the EuroCity from Basel SBB or Geneva to Milan and, in some cases, to Venice.
Regional traffic
The train station is served by the regional express trains Turin – Milan (over the old route), and two lines of the Milan S-Bahn stop in Rho Fiera Milano. The S5 line goes from Varese to Treviglio, the S6 from Novara to Treviglio. Both lines are run by the Trenord , the S5 in cooperation with the municipal ATM . At the station is the terminus of the M1 line of the Milan Metro .
