Milan–Chiasso railway

Milan-Chiasso railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Italy - Switzerland
Termini	Milan Chiasso
Operation
Opened	1840
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenitalia Swiss Federal Railways
Technical
Line length	51 km (32 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Electrified at 3000 V DC
Route map Gotthardbahn 50.765 Chiasso 230 MSL Italy/Switzerland Border Monte Olimpino 2 (7209 m) / Monte Olimpino 1 (1919 m) Link to Lake Como (dismantled) 46.619 Como San Giovanni201 MSL Saronno–Como railway Connection to Como Camerlata (dismantled) 41.679 Albate-Camerlata to Lecco Rosales Junction 37.334 Cucciago 255 MSL 34.171 Cantù-Cermenate 248 MSL 31.764 Carimate 238 MSL 27.092 Camnago-Lentate 217 MSL to Seveso Milan–Asso railway from Saronno 21.598 Seregno 207 MSL to Bergamo 18.436 Desio 200 MSL 16.348 Lissone-Muggiò 195 MSL from Lecco and from Molteno (12.575) 11.934 Monza 160 MSL Milan north ring road Autostrada A4—European route E64 (7.695) 7.060 Sesto San Giovanni 135 MSL (3.984) 3.351 Milano Greco Pirelli Tunnel Garibaldi (0.000) 0.000 Milano Porta Garibaldi—Milano Centrale This diagram:

The Milano–Chiasso railway line is an Italian state-owned railway connecting Milan to Como and Chiasso, Switzerland.

It is electrified at 3000 volts DC. Between Milan and Monza it has four tracks and is used not only by trains operating to and from Como, but also by freight and passenger trains connecting Milan with Bergamo and Lecco, either directly or routed via Molteno. North of Monza it has two tracks, but between the junction "Bivio Rosales" and Chiasso there is a parallel double track line (used mainly by freight trains) including Monte Olimpino 2 tunnel (7207 m).

The first section of the line is the Milan–Monza line, which was opened by the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (part of the Austrian Empire) as the Imperiale Regno Privilegiata Strada Ferrata da Milano a Monza ("Imperial United Privileged Railway from Milan to Monza") on 18 August 1840, the second railway opened in Italy after the Naples–Portici railway line. The government originally intended to permit the line to be extended to Bergamo, but had intended that a separate concession be granted for a line from Milan to Como. Instead, it decided to scale down the project by allowing the Monza line to be extended to Como. On 10 October 1849 line was opened from Monza to Camnago in Lentate sul Seveso and it was extended to Camerlata on 6 December. The line was completed to Como in 1875. It was part of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (Upper Italian Railways) from 1865, the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Railway Company) from 1885 and Ferrovie dello Stato from 1905.

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