Monza-Molteno-Lecco railway

Monza–Molteno railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Monza Lecco
Operation
Opened	14 October 1911 (1911-10-14)
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenord
Technical
Line length	41 km (25 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	no
Route number	171
Route map from Milan 0.000 Monza to Chiasso 1.027 Monza Sobborghi 3.911 Villasanta to Lecco 6.393 Buttafava 7.632 Biassono-Lesmo Parco Seregno–Bergamo railway 9.383 Macherio-Canonica 11.664 Triuggio-Ponte Albiate 14.048 Carate-Calò 16.039 Villa Raverio 18.571 Besana 21.938 Renate-Veduggio 24.102 Cassago-Nibionno-Bulciago 26.528 Costa Masnaga from Como 29.214 14.715 Molteno 264 m 11.716 Oggiono 267 m 7.124 Sala al Barro-Galbiate 231 m Civate 227 m 3.735 Valmadrera 226 m Adda from Brescia and from Milan 2.945 Lecco 214 m to Tirano

The Monza–Molteno–Lecco railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

The section from Molteno to Lecco was opened on 20 November 1888 as a part of the Como–Lecco railway. The section from Monza to Molteno was opened as a private railway on 14 October 1911.

In the section from Monza to Molteno the only train service is the "S7 Milano-Monza-Molteno-Lecco" line of Milan suburban railway service; in the section from Molteno to Lecco is also present another regional service train connecting Como and Lecco.

Monza is connected to Lecco even with another railway, the main railway Milano-Monza-Carnate-Lecco, more short and faster with a large number of trains; Monza-Molteno-Lecco train ("Treno dei Tre Parchi", Train of the Three Parks) runs through a more long, slow way across the hilly area of Brianza - Colli Briantei - the countryside, near lots of beautiful natural places like meadows, torrents and rivers, woods, fields, small lake and high mountains close to Lecco, and old small towns with nobiliar palaces and places of hystory, culture, art.

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