Editing Milan (section)

=== Rail ===

==== Underground ====
[[File:M4 San Babila appena inaugurata.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Milan Metro]] is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the fifth longest in the [[European Union]] and the eighth in the [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milanocittastato.it/trasporti/effetto-m4-la-metro-di-milano-entra-nella-top-europea/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF3U1dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXSpIbaPnyiu6v7H7zI_mDyWgUrPadrCjN6GDzfUhPP2dI-Mfj4jLYBecw_aem__7hUFLg35ygwuZipXbL1Vg#goog_rewarded|title=Effetto M4: la metro di Milano entra nella top europea|date=11 October 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024|language=it}}</ref>]]
The [[Milan Metro]] is the [[rapid transit]] system serving the city and surrounding municipalities. The network consists of 5 lines ([[Milan Metro Line 1|M1]], [[Milan Metro Line 2|M2]], [[Milan Metro Line 3|M3]], [[Milan Metro Line 4|M4]] and [[Milan Metro Line 5|M5]]), with a total network length of {{convert|112|km}}, and a total of [[List of Milan Metro stations|125 stations]], mostly underground.<ref name="Milan-figs">{{cite web |url=http://www.metropolitanamilanese.it/pub/page/it/MM/metropolitane_milano?contentId=613 |title=L'opera che ha fatto di Milano una grande metropoli |publisher=Metropolitane Milanesi SpA |language=it |trans-title=The work that has made a great metropolis of Milan |access-date=20 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013235930/http://www.metropolitanamilanese.it/pub/page/it/MM/metropolitane_milano |archive-date=13 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has a daily ridership of 1.15&nbsp;million,<ref name=rep3sep>{{cite news |url=http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/09/03/news/metro-65775461/ |title=Atm, un piano da 524 milioni per 500mila passeggeri un più |newspaper=la Repubblica |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512011933/https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/09/03/news/metro-65775461/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the largest in Italy as well as one of the largest in Europe.

The architectural project of the Milan Metro, created by [[Franco Albini]] and [[Franca Helg]], and the signs, designed by [[Bob Noorda]], received the [[Compasso d'Oro]] award in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.metromilano50.com/compasso-oro/|title = Compasso d'oro 1964 alla Metropolitana di Milano – Motivazione e foto storiche della premiazione|access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110050252/http://www.metromilano50.com/compasso-oro/|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status = dead|language=it}}</ref> Within the European Union it is the seventh-largest network in terms of kilometres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropolitana-milano.it/|title=Metropolitana Milano – Scopri la metropolitana di Milano|access-date=31 January 2020|language=it}}</ref>

==== Suburban ====
[[File:Milano staz Porta Venezia TSR linea S6.JPG|thumb|A [[Treno Servizio Regionale|TSR]] train at [[Milano Porta Venezia railway station]] on the [[Milan Passerby Railway]]]]
{{As of|2023|May}}, the [[Milan suburban railway service]], operated by [[Trenord]], comprises 11 [[S-train|S lines]] connecting the metropolitan area with the city centre, with possible transfers to all the metro lines. Most S lines run through the [[Milan Passerby Railway]], commonly referred to as "il Passante" and served by double-decker trains every 4/8 minutes in the central underground section.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lines▶Regional & Suburban Railway|url=http://www.trenord.it/en/the-lines/regional-railway.aspx|publisher=[[Trenord]]|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103003936/http://www.trenord.it/en/the-lines/regional-railway.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== National and international trains ====
[[File:Milan CentralStation 016 4294.jpg|thumb|[[Milano Centrale railway station]]]]

Milan Central station, with 110 million passengers per year, is the largest and [[List of busiest railway stations in Europe|eighth-busiest railway station in Europe]] and the second busiest in Italy after [[Roma Termini]].<ref name="grandistazioni"/> Milano Centrale railway station is the largest railway station in Europe by volume.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.unitremilano.it/920/luoghi/stazione-centrale-milano.html |title=La Stazione Centrale di Milano: la più grande in Europa |date=8 February 2020 |access-date=1 October 2023 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923165628/https://www.unitremilano.it/920/luoghi/stazione-centrale-milano.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Milano Cadorna railway station|Milano Cadorna]] and [[Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station|Milano Porta Garibaldi]] stations are, respectively, the seventh- and the eleventh-busiest stations in Italy.<ref name="grandistazioni"/>

Since the end of 2009, two [[High-speed rail|high-speed train]] lines link Milan to Rome, [[Naples]] and [[Turin–Milan high-speed railway|Turin]], considerably shortening travel times with other major cities in Italy. Further high-speed lines are under construction towards Genoa and Verona. Milan is served by direct international trains to Nice, Marseille, Lyon, Paris, Lugano, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Zurich and Frankfurt, and by overnight sleeper services to Munich and Vienna (ÖBB).<ref>{{cite web |title=International Destinations|url=http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4005d8f9f285a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD |publisher=Ferrovie dello Stato |access-date=20 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111070722/http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4005d8f9f285a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD |archive-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> Since 2011 [[Trenord]], has operated both Trenitalia and LeNord regional trains in Lombardy, carrying over 750,000 passengers on more than 50 routes every day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lombardia regional operator Trenord launched with €250m train tender |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/policy/single-view/view/lombardia-regional-operator-trenord-launched-with-EUR250m-train-tender.html |access-date=27 December 2017 |publisher=Railway Gazette International |date=4 May 2011 |archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000842/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/policy/single-view/view/lombardia-regional-operator-trenord-launched-with-EUR250m-train-tender.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trenord.it/en/about-us/company-profile.aspx |title=Trenord Company profile |access-date=30 January 2019 |publisher=trenord.it |archive-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130220759/http://www.trenord.it/en/about-us/company-profile.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Trenitalia]] and [[S.N.C.F.]] provide overnight services to [[Paris]], stopping at [[Lyon]] and [[Turin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/paris-to-venice-by-train.htm |author=Paige McClanahan |title=Planning a Train Trip in Europe? New Sleeper Trains and High-Speed Routes Await |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 February 2025}}</ref>