Editing Lombardy (section)

===Rail===
[[File:Milan CentralStation 016 4294.jpg|thumb|[[Milano Centrale railway station]] is the second railway station in Italy for passenger flow<ref>Data from [http://www.grandistazioni.it grandistazioni.it] (July 2007)</ref> and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.<ref name="unitremilano">{{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}}</ref>]]

The Lombardy railway network has 428 stations and extends for approximately {{convert|2000|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=INFRASTRUTTURE LINEARI - STRADE E FERROVIE|url=https://www.arpalombardia.it/temi-ambientali/rumore-e-vibrazioni/infrastrutture-lineari-strade-e-ferrovie/|access-date=3 February 2024|language=it}}.</ref> The network is mainly managed by [[Rete Ferroviaria Italiana|RFI]]; {{convert|320|km|mi|abbr=on}} of railway lines are under concession to [[Ferrovienord]],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Regione Lombardia|title=Programma Regionale della Mobilità e dei Trasporti|date=20 September 2016|url=https://www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/connect/9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4/PRMT+CON+SEGNALIBRI+dicembre+2016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4-meMqa02|access-date=13 March 2021|page=50|language=it}}.</ref> while the [[Parma]]-[[Suzzara]] and Suzzara-[[Ferrara]] lines, although partially falling within Lombardy ({{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} and 11 stations), are under concession to [[Ferrovie Emilia Romagna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fer.it/?page_id=85|title=Suzzara Ferrara &#124; FER – Ferrovie Emilia-Romagna|website=Fer.it}}</ref>

The national and international railway service is mainly ensured by [[Trenitalia]] and to a lesser extent by [[Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori]], [[TGV]] and [[Deutsche Bahn]]. The regional territory has three [[High-speed rail|high-speed lines]]: [[Turin–Milan high-speed railway]], [[Milan–Bologna high-speed railway]] and [[Milan–Verona high-speed railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Regione Lombardia|title=Programma Regionale della Mobilità e dei Trasporti|date=20 September 2016|url=https://www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/connect/9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4/PRMT+CON+SEGNALIBRI+dicembre+2016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4-meMqa02|access-date=13 March 2021|page=53|language=it}}.</ref>

Milan is the core of Lombardy's regional train network. The regional service is the responsibility of [[Trenord]], a company founded on 3 May 2011 and jointly owned by the [[Ferrovie Nord Milano]] and Trenitalia, which operates on both the RFI and Ferrovie Nord Milano networks, which have the  [[Milan Passerby Railway|Milan Passerby railway]] as their main interconnection hub.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Regione Lombardia|title=Programma Regionale della Mobilità e dei Trasporti|date=20 September 2016|url=https://www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/connect/9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4/PRMT+CON+SEGNALIBRI+dicembre+2016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4-meMqa02|access-date=13 March 2021|page=54|language=it}}.</ref> The [[Trenitalia Tper]] company operates on the FER network.

[[Milano Centrale railway 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>{{cite web|title=List of major railway stations in Italy with passenger figures. |url=http://www.centostazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a675d5e57e30a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD |publisher=Ferrovie dello Stato |access-date=20 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030440/http://www.centostazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a675d5e57e30a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</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" /> Milano Centrale railway station is the largest railway station in Europe by volume.<ref name="unitremilano"/>

{{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|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>