Milan – Saronno railway line

Milan – Saronno
The route at Milano Quarto Oggiaro
Course book series (IT) :	401
Route length:	21 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Legend Milano Cadorna terminus 120 m Milan – Mortara railway line until 1931 Milano Nord Domodossola since 2003 Milano Bullona (1929-2003) Turin – Milan railway line "Passante" train Milano North Bovisa 128 m according to Asso Turin – Milan railway line Milano Quarto Oggiaro A4 - E64 Novate Milanese (old train station) Novate Milanese (new train station) Bollate Centro Bollate North Castellazzo di Bollate until 1990 Garbagnate Parco delle Groane Garbagnate Milanese 180 m Connection to Alfa Romeo until 1989 Cesate Caronno Pertusella Saronno Sud from Seregno Saronno terminus 211 m to Como and Novara to Laveno

The Milan – Saronno railway is a railway line in Lombardy operated by the Ferrovienord railway company . It was opened in 1879 and was originally planned as the second Gotthard Railway feeder, as the existing Chiasso – Milan line was problematic for freight traffic due to the higher gradients.

However, the route was never extended in the direction of Ticino , probably because it was privately owned. A few years later, the state built the Luino – Novara line as a second connection to the Gotthard Railway .

The Milan – Saronno railway line was therefore particularly important for local traffic. The place Saronno developed into a traffic junction, with the lines Saronno – Malnate (1884) and Novara – Seregno (1887). These lines were built by private companies and later taken over by Ferrovie Nord Milano.

The line was double-tracked at the beginning of the 20th century and electrified in 1929. 1991–1993 the line was completely expanded to include four tracks and all stations were reconstructed with more modern facilities. The S1 and S3 lines of the Milan S-Bahn have been running on the route since 2004 .

literature

• Giovanni Cornolò: Cento anni di storia ... delle Ferrovie Nord Milano . Globo Edizioni, 1979.

Web links

Commons : Milan – Saronno railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926