Malpensa Express
A current Malpensa Express
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| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Airport rail connection | ||||
| Status | Operating | ||||
| Locale | Lombardy | ||||
| First service | 28 May 1999 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Trenord | ||||
| Former operator(s) | LeNORD | ||||
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| Start |
Milan Cadorna or Milan Central |
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| Stops | Up to nine | ||||
| End | Malpensa Airport T2 | ||||
| Average journey time | "Milan Cadorna" to "Malpensa Airport Terminal 2": 43 mins "Milan Central" to "Malpensa Airport Terminal 2": 57 mins |
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| Service frequency | Cadorna–Malpensa: 2 per hour Central–Malpensa: 1-2 per hour |
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| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Standard gauge | ||||
| Electrification | 3 kV DC | ||||
| Track owner(s) |
Ferrovie Nord Milano Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
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The Malpensa Express is an airport rail service linking the city of Milan with Malpensa Airport, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.
Trenord, a railway company established by Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano, operates Malpensa Express services between the Malpensa Airport and both Milan Cadorna station and Milan Central station.
First operated in 1999, the Malpensa Express originally ran between Malpensa Aeroporto and Milan Cadorna station only. It was operated initially by member companies of the Ferrovie Nord Milano group and then by Trenitalia LeNORD.
In late 2010, airport rail services to and from Malpensa were reorganised. Malpensa Express services to and from Milan Cadorna, operated by Trenord, continued to link the airport with the city. To coincide with the timetable change on 10 December 2010, however, new services to Milano Centrale were introduced.
In 2014 a contract was awarded for extension of the railway line from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2. The station was opened in December 2016. The new Malpensa Terminal 2 railway station is within 200 m north of the T2 arrivals hall, that is accessed by an outdoor covered walkway.
The Malpensa Express train run:
Malpensa Express train tickets are also valid on the shuttle bus service connecting Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, which does not have direct pedestrian connection to Terminal 1 or the train station. An extension of the existing railway was constructed to reach Terminal 2.
There stopping services (Milano Bovisa, Saronno and Busto Arsizio Nord) linking Milano Cadorna station to Malpensa Airport, named "MXP" and usually is 1' class only. The running times of the services ("Milan Cadorna" to "Malpensa Airport Terminal 2") is about 43 minutes.
From Milano Cadorna, the Malpensa Express runs along the Milan–Saronno railway to its first stop at Milano Bovisa-Politecnico, where there is interchange with trains to Erba and Asso and the suburban service to Camnago-Lentate.
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