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| Dates of operation | 1997–present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Electrification | 3000 V CC |
| Length | 13 Km |
| Website | Il Passante |
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The Milan By-pass Railway, (Italian: Passante ferroviario di Milano), is an underground railway which runs through Milan, Italy. "Passante" is the Italian for "passing" and is used to describe a railway built through a major city, connecting suburban lines, modelled on the underground junctions built in West Germany in the 1970s.
The first part of the passante was opened in 1997 and it was completed in 2008.[1] Its main feature is to be open in its extremities, and to be directly interconnected with the railway system of Lombardy. It is only used by suburban trains operated by Trenord.
The passante is connected with subway lines at Porta Garibaldi station (Line 2), Repubblica station (Line 3) and Porta Venezia station (Line 1).
The railway runs on the same line of the ancient Milanese northern railway, which was removed in 1931 when all Milan railway system was redesigned consequently to the opening of the new monumental Central Station.
The idea of a suburban railway network for the city of Milan can be traced back to the '60s, when the increasing population of the city and the sorrounding boroughs made clear the need for a faster and more efficient way to move on medium-long range. Final projects for an underground railway passing through the city centre were completed at the end of the 1970s, and construction began on 1982, with the work expected to be completed in less than 10 years.[2]
Actual work procedeed very slowly, taking 15 years just to open the first part of the track from Bovisa to Porta Venezia.[2] From 1997 only a shuttle service was operated on the partially-completed track, until 2004 when a suburban service was activated.[3] The cost at that time was already €915 million after 22 years of construction work.[4]
However, only in 2008 the railway was completed with the opening of the last station, Rogoredo.[3]
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