Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station
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Milano Porta Garibaldi
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| Location | Piazza Sigmund Freud, 1, Milan Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°29′05″N 09°11′15″E / 45.48472°N 9.18750°ECoordinates: 45°29′05″N 09°11′15″E / 45.48472°N 9.18750°E |
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
| Operated by | Centostazioni |
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Turin–Milan Milan–Chiasso Passante |
| Distance | 8.410 km (5.226 mi) from Bivio Lambro |
| Tracks | 22 |
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| Opened | November 5, 1961 |
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 Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station (Milan)
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Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major railway station in the Italian city of Milan, located just to the north of the neighbourhood known as Porta Garibaldi. Porta Garibaldi is the city's main station for commuter traffic with 25 million passengers annually, although it is second to Centrale station considering total passenger traffic. The station is located on Piazza Sigmund Freud.
Garibaldi station was built in 1961 near three former stations called Porta Nuova, opened between 1840 (Milan’s first station on the Milan–Monza railway) and 1931. The latter station was also called Varesine (after Varese) and was the terminus of lines to Gallarate, Novara and Varese. The construction of the station was part of an ambitious project for the development of a business centre, which remains largely uncompleted. In 1966 it was connected via the Garibaldi Tunnel to Mirabello junction and connected to the line to Monza (at Greco Pirelli station) and the belt line (at Lambrate station). The station thus became accessible from all the regional lines of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).
Porta Garibaldi has 12 terminal platforms looking north-west and 8 through platforms going from north-west to the aforementioned Garibaldi Tunnel, thus connecting the station to Milano Lambrate, Milano Greco Pirelli, and recently to Milano Centrale as well, thanks to the passantino (Italian for "small passageway") link. This link is being used by four Frecciarossa high speed trains since September 13, 2010, and more trains will be added starting from December 2010.
In addition, two underground platforms are served by trains on the Milan Passante railway.
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