Luino–Milan railway

Luino–Milan railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy. It uses the tracks of the Milan–Arona railway until Gallarate.

Luino–Milan railway
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Milano-Luino
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Luino railway station Milan Porta Garibaldi railway station
Service
Type	heavy rail
Services	R21
Operator(s)	TiLo, Trenord
History
Opened	17 March 1884
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Legend km elev (M) or length (m) in metres km elev (M) or length (m) in metres Cadenazzo–Luino railway (SBB) to Cadenazzo 50.715 Luino 204 M 43.876 Porto Valtravaglia 216 M 42.092 Caldè 213 M Laveno tunnel 2,935 m Saronno–Laveno railway (FN) to Saronno & Laveno 36.148 Laveno-Mombello 206 M Mombello 1,136 m Luino–Oleggio railway (RFI) to Oleggio 27.970 Sangiano 223 M 23.596 Besozzo 231 M 19.126 Travedona-Biandronno 249 M 15.965 Ternate-Varano Borghi 258 M Del Ronco 1,585 m 9.517 Mornago-Cimbro 274 M 5.161 Besnate 277 M Domodossola–Milan railway (RFI) to Domodossola Porto Ceresio–Milan railway (RFI) to Porto Ceresio 0.000 Gallarate 242 M Domodossola–Milan railway Milan Centrale 130 M Source[1] This diagram: view talk edit

The railway line was opened on 17 March 1884,^[2] to provide, together with the Luino–Oleggio railway, a second access to the Gotthard railway.

Route

The Luino-Milan railway line spans 69km, and the journey takes an average of 2 hours and 2 minutes.^[3]The train line is operated by Trenord, who operate an average of 37 trains per day. The train stops at Luino, Porto Valtravaglia, Caldè, Laveno-Mombello FS, Sangiano, Besozzo, Bibbiena, Travedona-Biandronno, Ternate-Varano Borghi, Mornago-Cimbro, Besnate, Gallarate, Busto Arsizio, Milano Porta Garibaldi.