Most international and domestic
trains
pull in at the main
Stazione
Centrale , northeast of the
city centre on Piazza Duca d'Aosta,
at the hub of the metro network on
lines MM2 and MM3. Quite a few
trains, especially those from
stations in the Milan region -
Bergamo, Pavia, Como and the other
western lakes - terminate at
Garibaldi,
Lambrate, Porta Genova and
Nord
, all on MM2 (the metro stop for
Milan Nord is "Cadorna"),
although these often also stop at
Centrale. International and
long-distance
buses arrive
at and depart from Piazza Castello,
in front of the Castello Sforzesco.
Information and tickets are
available from the Autostradale
bus office (tel 02.801.161) on the
piazza, or Zani Viaggi (tel
02.867.131), on the corner of
Piazza Castello and Foro
Buonaparte. As for arrival
by
car , the city is encircled by
a multi-laned toll road, the
Tangenzianale, from which there
are links onto the
autostradas
for Venice and Turin (A4), Genoa
(A7), and the "Autostrada del
Sole" (A1) for Bologna,
Florence, Rome and the south.
Milan has two airports ,
both used by domestic and
international traffic. Malpensa
(tel 02.7485.2200), 50km northeast
of the city, is the main one,
connected by direct bus with the
Stazione Centrale (every 20 mins
5.20am-10.30pm; 1hr;
L13,000/?6.71) and by the new FNME
train, the Malpensa Express (every
30min 6.30am-1.30am; 40min;
information tel 02.27.723, www.malpensaexpress.com
), with Milano Nord (the early
morning and late evening services
are replaced by a bus from Via
Leopardi, just to the left of the
station). It costs L15,000/?7.75,
although Air Italia and Lufthansa
passangers are entitled to
discounts. Check when you buy your
ticket that your airline hasn't
arranged a similar deal. Milan's
other airport, Linate (tel
02.7485.2200), is just 7km from
the city centre: special airport
buses connect it with the air
terminal on Piazza Luigi di Savoia,
on the east side of Stazione
Centrale (every 20min 5.40am-7pm,
every 30min 7-9pm; 20min;
L4500/?2.32). Ordinary ATM urban
transport buses (#73) also
run every ten minutes from 5.30am
until around midnight between
Linate and Piazza San Babila in
the city centre, and they don't
take much longer; tickets cost
L1500/?0.78 and should be bought
before you get on the bus from the
airport newsagent, or, if you have
change, from the ticket machine at
the bus stop. Bear in mind, too,
that there's a twice-daily
connecting bus service between
Linate and Malpensa, a 75-minute
journey.
