Vimodrone (Milan Metro)
Appearance
General information | |||||||||||
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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 4 December 1972 as metro station | as tramway stop||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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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
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.