Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan Metro)

Cassina de' Pecchi
Location Cassina de' Pecchi
Italy
Owned by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 5 May 1968 (1968-05-05) as tramway stop
4 December 1972 (1972-12-04) as metro station
Services
Preceding station   Milan Metro   Following station
Line 2
toward Gessate

Cassina de' Pecchi is a suburban station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro in the municipality of the same name.

History

The station was opened in 1968, as a stop on Milan-Gorgonzola fast tramway line.[1] Since 4 December 1972 the section from Cascina Gobba to Gorgonzola, where this station is located, was connected to Milan Metro Line 2 and operates as part of it ever since.[2]

Station structure

Elevated structure

The station has two covered platforms and two tracks. It is located on the about 144 meters long viaduct across the Martesana channel.[3] The viaduct was designed by engineer Silvano Zorzi.[4] The passenger building is located in a sort of mezzanine integrated into the structure, under the tracks at the western end of the platforms.[3]

Services

This station has:

  • Station video surveillance
  • Toilet
  • Bar
  • Bus stop
  • Parking
  • Bike parking

References

  • Giovanni Cornolò, Fuori porta in tram. Le tranvie extraurbane milanesi, Parma, Ermanno Arbertelli, 1980.
  • Elio Ceron, Sergio Farné, La progettazione e la costruzione delle Linee Celeri dell'Adda, in "Ingegneria Ferroviaria", novembre 1995, pp. 1001–1022.
  1. ↑ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 311
  2. ↑ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 320
  3. 1 2 Cornolò, op. cit., p. 285
  4. ↑ Ceron, Farné, op. cit., p. 1017

Coordinates: 45°31′18″N 9°21′48″E / 45.5218°N 9.3632°E / 45.5218; 9.3632

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