Monza railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Monza

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = it

| style = Trenitalia

| image = Station of Monza ext.jpg

| image_caption = The passenger building.

| alt = The passenger building.

| address = Via Enrico Arosio 14
20052 Monza

| borough = Monza, Monza and Brianza, Lombardy

| country = Italy

| map_type = Italy Lombardy#Italy North#Italy

| map_caption = Location in Lombardy##Location in Northern Italy##Location in Italy

| coordinates = {{coord|45|34|34|N|09|16|20|E|type:railwaystation_region:IT-MB_source:googlemaps|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| line = Milano–Chiasso
Lecco–Milan
Monza–Molteno–Lecco

| train_operators = Trenord

| connections = {{Plainlist|

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| distance = {{convert|11.934|km|mi||abbr=on}}
from Milano Centrale
{{convert|12.575|km|mi||abbr=on}}
from Milano Porta Garibaldi

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1840|08|17|df=y}}

| zone = STIBM: Mi4{{cite web |title=Servizio Ferroviario Suburbano |url=https://www.muoversi.regione.lombardia.it/planner/#/links |website=Muoversi in Lombardia |publisher=Regione Lombardia |access-date=30 March 2022 |date=April 2021}}

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| operator = Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni

| classification = Gold

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|line3=EC Zürich-Milano|left3=Como San Giovanni|right3=Milano Lambrate|to-right3=Bologna Centrale or Genova Piazza Principe

|system11=Trenord

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Monza railway station ({{langx|it|Stazione di Monza}}) is the main station serving the city and comune of Monza, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.

Opened in 1840 under the Habsburg monarchy, the station forms part of the Milan–Chiasso railway, and is a junction station for two secondary lines, the Lecco–Milan railway and the Monza–Molteno–Lecco railway. It is also the main railway junction of the Brianza geographical area, which encompasses the province of Monza and Brianza, Province of Lecco, Province of Como and part of the Province of Milan.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Both companies are subsidiaries of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services are operated by the Lombard railway company Trenord.

Location

Monza railway station is located on Via Enrico Arosio, at the southern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was officially opened on 17 August 1840, as the terminus of the Milan–Monza railway, which was the first railway built in Lombardy and the second in Italy, after the Naples–Portici railway. Operations commenced the following day, 18 August 1840.{{cite web| author=Alessandro Tuzza| url=http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html| title=Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926|trans-title=Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926|work=Trenidicarta.it |publisher=Alessandro Tuzza| access-date=1 January 2011|language=it|display-authors=etal}} In July 1849, that line was extended to Camnago-Lentate, on its way to becoming the Milan–Chiasso railway.

On 27 December 1873, Monza became a junction station, upon the opening of the final section of the Lecco–Milan railway, between Carnate-Usmate and Monza.

The original passenger building was replaced with the present one in 1884, when the station was moved to a new location. In 1901, the original passenger building was demolished to facilitate the construction of the Via Turati bridge.{{cite book |title=Monza e i suoi tram - Storia dei collegamenti tranviari da Monza a Milano e alla Brianza |trans-title=Monza and its Trams - A history of the tram link from Milan to Monza and Brianza |last=Zanin |first=Paolo |year=2005 |publisher=Phasar edizioni |location=Firenze |isbn=88-87911-39-8 |pages=24 and 34 |language=it}}

On 19 October 1911, Monza also became the terminus of another secondary line, the Monza–Molteno–Lecco railway.

Features

File:Station of Monza int.jpg

The station yard consists of seven tracks: 1 and 2 for Chiasso, 3 previously shared between the Chiasso–Milan and Lecco–Milan railways, 4 and 5 for Tirano (RFI), and 6 (as the main platform) and 7 (as the overtaking platform) for the Lecco and Molteno lines.

The station also has a freight terminal that serves, amongst other things, the nearby storage area of the former Lombard Petroli, at Villasanta.

Train services

The station has about seven million passenger movements each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html|title=Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni|trans-title=Annual flows at the 103 stations|work=Centostazioni website|publisher=Centostazioni|access-date=4 December 2010|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209060511/http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html|archive-date=9 February 2010}} It is served by the following services:

Eurocity services (EC) Zürich - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milan
Eurocity services (EC) Basel - Luzern - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milan
Regional services (Treno regionale) Lecco - Molteno - Monza - Milan
Regional services (Treno regionale) Lecco - Calolziocorte - Carnate - Monza - Milan
Regional services (Treno regionale) Bergamo - Carnate - Monza - Milan
Regional services (Treno regionale) Saronno - Seregno - Monza - Milan - Albairate
Regional services (Treno regionale) Chiasso - Como - Seregno - Monza - Milan