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Location | Vimodrone Italy | ||||||||||
Owned by | Azienda Trasporti Milanesi | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | STIBM: Mi3[1] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 5 May 1968 4 December 1972 as metro station | as tramway stop||||||||||
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Vimodrone is a suburban station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro in the municipality of Vimodrone.
History
[edit]The station was opened in 1968, and initially was a stop on the Milan-Gorgonzola fast tramway line.[2] Since 4 December 1972 the section from Cascina Gobba to Gorgonzola, where this station is located, was connected to Milan Metro Line 2 and has operated as part of it ever since.[3][4]
Station structure
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Vimodrone_stazione_metropolitana.jpg/220px-Vimodrone_stazione_metropolitana.jpg)
The station has two covered platforms and two tracks. The passenger building is located on either side of the tracks, at the western end of the platforms.[5] The station is built in the trench of an old bed of the Naviglio Martesana channel, diverted approximately 200 meters to the north.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rete metropolitana di Milano". Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 311
- ^ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 320
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Milano". urbanrail.
- ^ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 284
- ^ Marini, op. cit., p. 346
Bibliography
[edit]- Renzo Marini, Le ferrovie dell'Adda, in "Ingegneria Ferroviaria", Apr 1968, pp. 345–348.
- Giovanni Cornolò, Fuori porta in tram. Le tranvie extraurbane milanesi, Parma, Ermanno Arbertelli, 1980.
45°30′57″N 9°17′10″E / 45.5157°N 9.2861°E