Milan 2011

The Milan system after the inauguration of a new branch of Metro line M2 from Famagosta to Milanofiori Forum, the prolongation of Metro line M3 from Maciachini to Comasina and the cutback of interurban tram line 179 to Comasina (on 26 March 2011) and the discontinuation of interurban line 178 to Desio (on 1 Oct. 2011).

VIDEOS


Above: YouTube^CA video - Tram Variety in Milan, Italy - Length: 9:33 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Il tram a Milano, dal cavallo al pantografo (1994) - Length: 19:00 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Tram storici a Milano - Length: 5:35 mins.


Above: YouTube^CA video - Tramvia Milano 2008 - Length: 12:36 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Riprese sulla tranvia Milano-Limbiate - Length: 9:25 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Metro a Milano: The Metro System of Milan, Italy 2016 - Length: 6:14 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

Milan 2011 tram map

INSET: CENTRAL MILAN

Milan 2011 downtown tram map

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ROUTES

Operator: Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM)

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

1	Greco - P. Cincinnato - Piazza della Repubblica - Cavour - La Scala - Cordusio - Cairoli - Cadorna (Staz. Nord) - P. Virgilio - Largo Alpini - P. Sempione - Corso Sempione - P. Firenze - Castelli
2	P. Bausan - Viale Stelvio - Via C. Farini - P. Biancamano - Lanza - Cordusio - Duomo - P. San Giorgio - Piazzale Cantore - Stazione Genova - Negrelli
3	Duomo - P. San Giorgio - Piazzale XXIV Maggio - P. Abbiategrasso - Gratosoglio
4*	Parco Nord - Ospedale Niguarda - Maciachini - Via C. Farini - P. Biancamano - Lanza - Cairoli
5	Parco Nord - Ospedale Niguarda - Segnano - Viale Zara - Viale Marche - Lunigiana - Stazione Centrale - P. Cincinnato - P. Ascoli - Ortica
7*	Precotto - Bicocca - Segnano - Viale Zara - Piazzale Lagosta - Via C. Farini - Via G.C.Procaccini - Via Messina
9	Stazione Centrale - Piazza della Repubblica - Porta Venezia - Porta Vittoria - Porta Romana - Porta Lodovica - Piazzale XXIV Maggio - Staz. Genova
12	Roserio - St. Certosa - Castelli - Piazza Diocleziano - P. Biancamano - Lanza - Cordusio - Duomo - P. Missori - P. Fontana - Porta Vittoria - Piazza Emilia - Viale Molise
14	Cimitero Maggiore - Piazzale Francesco Accursio - P. Firenze - Piazza Diocleziano - P. Biancamano - Lanza - Cordusio - Duomo - P. San Giorgio - P. Resistenza Partigiana - Piazzale Cantore - Piazza del Rosario - Lorenteggio
15*	P. Fontana - P. Missori - Porta Lodovica - P. Abbiategrasso - Gratosoglio - Rozzano
16	San Siro - P. de Angeli - Piazzale F. Baracca - Largo d'Ancona - Cordusio - Duomo - P. Missori - Largo Crocetta - Monte Velino
19	Roserio - St. Certosa - Piazzale Francesco Accursio - P. Firenze - Corso Sempione - P.Sempione - Largo Alpini - Piazzale F. Baracca - Piazzale Aquileia - Stazione Genova
23	P. Fontana - Porta Vittoria - P. Ascoli - Lambrate
24	Duomo (Via Dogana) - P. Missori - Largo Crocetta - Vigentino
27	Piazza VI Febbraio - Largo Alpini - P. Virgilio - Largo d’Ancona - Cordusio - Duomo - P. Missori - P. Fontana - Porta Vittoria - Piazza Emilia - Forlanini FS - P. Ovidio - Viale Ungheria
31*	Cinisello Balsamo - Bignami - Bicocca - Segnano - Viale Zara - Piazzale Lagosta
33	Lunigiana - Stazione Centrale - Piazza della Repubblica - Piazza Ascoli - Lambrate

* Lines 4, 7, 15 and 31 are considered to be express tramway services, part of the Metrotranvie network.

INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTE

179	Milano Comasina - Molinazzo - Limbiate

METRO ROUTES

M1	Sesto San Giovanni - Precotto - Loreto - Porta Venezia - San Babila - Duomo - Cordusio - Cairoli - Cadorna (Staz. Nord) - Pagano - [NW Branch: - Bonola - Rho Fiera Milano] [SW Branch: - P. de Angeli - Bisceglie]
M2	P. Abbiategrasso / Assago Milanofiori Forum - Famagosta - Stazione Genova - Largo d’Ancona - Cadorna (Staz. Nord) - Lanza - Porta Garibaldi - Stazione Centrale - Loreto - Lambrate - Cascina Gobba - [NW Branch: - Cologno Nord] [NE Branch: - Gessate]
M3	Comasina - Affori - Maciachini - Stazione Centrale - Piazza della Repubblica - La Scala - Duomo - Missori - Largo Crocetta - Porta Romana - San Donato

MINI-METRO (AUTOMATIC) ROUTE

Cascina Gobba - Ospedale San Raffaele

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Urban tramways: ca. 115 km.
Interurban tramway: 11 km.
Metro: 87.2 km.
Mini-metro: 0.7 km.

HISTORY

Urban tramways (horse-drawn:) 1835-1850; 8 July 1876 - 1906?; (steam:) 1840-1920; (electric:) 1 Nov. 1893 - today.
Interurban tramways: (steam) 6 June 1878 - 15 March 1929; (petrol engines): 15 March 1929 - 28 Oct. 1936; (electric) 8 Nov. 1925 - 1 Oct. 2011 (Desio), 30 Sept. 2022 (Limbiate) .
Metro lines: 1 Nov. 1964 - today.
Mini-metro: 1999 - today.

GAUGE

Urban tramways: 1445 mm.
Interurban tramways: 1445 mm.
Metro: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

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Marzorati, C. (Translated by Baddeley,G.E.) . "The Peter Witt cars of Milano: 60 years of service", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, July 1989 (52: 619), p.227-238.
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WIKIS

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