Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan Metro)
Cassina de' Pecchi is a suburban station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro in the municipality of the same name.
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| Location | Cassina de' Pecchi Italy | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Azienda Trasporti Milanesi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 May 1968 as tramway stop 4 December 1972 as metro station | ||||||||||
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History
The station was opened in 1968, as a stop on Milan-Gorgonzola fast tramway line.[1] Since 4 December 1972 the section from Cascina Gobba to Gorgonzola, where this station is located, was connected to Milan Metro Line 2 and operates as part of it ever since.[2]
Station structure
Elevated structure
The station has two covered platforms and two tracks. It is located on the about 144 meters long viaduct across the Martesana channel.[3] The viaduct was designed by engineer Silvano Zorzi.[4] The passenger building is located in a sort of mezzanine integrated into the structure, under the tracks at the western end of the platforms.[3]
References
- Cornolò, op. cit., p. 311
- Cornolò, op. cit., p. 320
- Cornolò, op. cit., p. 285
- Ceron, Farné, op. cit., p. 1017
Bibliography
- Giovanni Cornolò, Fuori porta in tram. Le tranvie extraurbane milanesi, Parma, Ermanno Arbertelli, 1980.
- Elio Ceron, Sergio Farné, La progettazione e la costruzione delle Linee Celeri dell'Adda, in "Ingegneria Ferroviaria", novembre 1995, pp. 1001–1022.
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