Vimodrone (Milan Metro)

Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 9°17′10″E / 45.5157°N 9.2861°E

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Vimodrone

General information

Location

Vimodrone
Italy

Owned by

Azienda Trasporti Milanesi

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At grade

Other information

Fare zone

STIBM: Mi3^[1]

History

Opened

5 May 1968; 56 years ago as tramway stop
4 December 1972; 51 years ago as metro station

Services

Preceding station	Milan Metro			Following station
Cascina Gobba towards Assago or Abbiategrasso		Line 2		Cascina Burrona towards Gessate

Vimodrone is a suburban station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro in the municipality of Vimodrone.

History

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

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

^ "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

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.

v t e Milan Metro Line 2
Cascina Gobba Crescenzago Cimiano Udine Lambrate Piola Loreto M1 Caiazzo Centrale M3 Gioia Garibaldi FS M5 Moscova Lanza Cadorna M1 Sant'Ambrogio Sant'Agostino Porta Genova Romolo Famagosta
Eastern branch	Gessate Cascina Antonietta Gorgonzola Villa Pompea Bussero Cassina de' Pecchi Villa Fiorita Cernusco sul Naviglio Cascina Burrona Vimodrone Cascina Gobba
North Eastern branch	Cologno Nord Cologno Centro Cologno Sud Cascina Gobba
South Eastern branch	Piazza Abbiategrasso
Southern branch	Assago Milanofiori Nord Assago Milanofiori Forum

45°30′57″N 9°17′10″E / 45.5157°N 9.2861°E / 45.5157; 9.2861

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