Editing Milan (section)

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[[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>