Vimodrone (Milan Metro)

Vimodrone
Location Vimodrone
Italy
Owned by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade, built in open trenches
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

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 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

Platform view

The station has two covered platforms and two tracks. Passenger building is located on either side of the tracks, at the western end of the platforms.[3] The station is built in the trench of an old bed of Naviglio Martesana channel, diverted approximately 200 meters to the north.[4]

Services

This station has:

References

  • 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.
  1. ↑ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 311
  2. ↑ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 320
  3. ↑ Cornolò, op. cit., p. 284
  4. ↑ Marini, op. cit., p. 346


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

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