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Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan Metro)

Coordinates: 45°31′18″N 9°21′48″E / 45.5218°N 9.3632°E / 45.5218; 9.3632
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Cassina de' Pecchi
General information
LocationCassina de' Pecchi
Italy
Owned byAzienda Trasporti Milanesi
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened5 May 1968 (1968-05-05) as tramway stop
4 December 1972 (1972-12-04) as metro station
Services
Preceding station   Milan Metro   Following station
Template:Milan Metro lines

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:

  • Videosorveglianza Station video surveillance
  • WC Toilet
  • Bar Bar
  • Autolinee Bus stop
  • Parcheggio di scambio Parking
  • Portabiciclette 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. ^ a b Cornolò, op. cit., p. 285
  4. ^ Ceron, Farné, op. cit., p. 1017

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