Line S5 (Milan suburban railway service)
| Varese–Milano Passante–Treviglio | |||
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An S5 train at Castronno.
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Commuter rail | ||
| System | Milan suburban railway service | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Milan, Italy | ||
| Termini |
Varese Treviglio |
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| Stations | 29 | ||
| Website | Linea S5 (in Italian) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 2004 | ||
| Operator(s) | Trenord / ATM | ||
| Rolling stock | Treno Servizio Regionale | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 93 km (58 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 3,000 V DC | ||
| Route number | S5 | ||
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The S5 is a commuter railway route forming part of the Milan suburban railway service (Italian: Servizio ferroviario suburbano di Milano), which converges on the city of Milan, Italy.
The route runs over the infrastructure of the Porto Ceresio–Milan, Milan Passante and Milan–Venice railways.
Unlike all of the other Milan suburban railway service routes, which are operated by Trenord, line S5 is operated by a joint venture comprising Trenitalia, Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti (FNM), and Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM), the public company responsible for public transport in the municipality of Milan and some of its surrounding municipalities.
Line S5, a cross-city route, heads initially in a southerly direction from Varese to Gallarate, and then southeasterly to Rho. From there, the line runs through the municipality of Milan, via the Milan Passante railway, to Milano Porta Vittoria, and finally in an easterly direction to Treviglio.
The S5 was activated on 12 December 2004, and operated initially between Varese and Pioltello-Limito. At that time, its operator was Trenitalia, under a two-year service contract with the region of Lombardy.
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