Malpensa Express

The Malpensa Express is an Italian train line in the category of a Regional Express ', which is led by the Lombard railway company Trenord. It connects the Milan Malpensa Airport, alternating with the Milano Centrale train station and the FNM head Cadorna station in Milan's city center.

History

The train line was handed over to the opening of the airport and the airport railway in 2000 the traffic. Since the timetable change on 12 December 2010, there are more Malpensa Express links, pervert to the Milano Centrale railway station.

Course

Between Saronno Cadorna and Malpensa Express via the FNM stem line to Saronno, but only sets the Milano Bovisa Station making a stop one. From Saronno the railway line is used to Novara, where the train in Busto Arsizio Nord train station on the route branches off from Busto Arsizio FS station to Malpensa airport. Trains run in both directions through every half hour, a non-stop trip takes 29 minutes, one with intermediate stops has between 35 and 40 minutes.

Schedule

The traction was introduced with the opening of the airport in 1999, but in 2008 received a new schedule. Since then, there are also trains running non-stop between Malpensa and Cadorna. The train has only one car class.

Rolling stock

The line is of double -decker trains of the genus TAF served ( Treno Alta frequentazione, German: trains with high use), which were designed by Pininfarina. The FNM has after the separation of its most passenger traffic in the Trenord still has 27 compositions, some of which are kept Express coloring in the red / green / white Malpensa. All these trains arrive at Malpensa Express to use.

Holding

Each stop of the train has a meaning for the transfer traffic:

FNM - terminus in the center of Milan

FNM lines Erba and Asso branch off, as well as connection to the grid of the S -Bahn Milan

Resources point of the FNM, separating the routes to Como and Varese

Transfer point to the FNM trains to Novara and the nearby FS Station, on the Simplon Südzufahrt

Branch line Busto Arsizio -Malpensa

The branch line is in addition to the Malpensa Express between Busto Arsizio and the airport of regional trains of Trenitalia and LeNORD of Euro Star Italia trains, which to Milano Bovisa use the route of the FNM, busy. It was opened as the airport in 2000 at the same time.