Cassina de' Pecchi (Milan Metro)

Cassina de' Pecchi
Location	Cassina de' Pecchi Italy
Owned by	Azienda Trasporti Milanesi
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	5 May 1968 as tramway stop 4 December 1972 as metro station
Services
Preceding station   Milan Metro   Following station Villa Fiorita toward Assago or Abbiategrasso Line 2 Bussero toward Gessate

Cassina de' Pecchi is a suburban station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro in the municipality of the same name.

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]

Services

This station has:

• Station video surveillance
• Toilet
• Bar
• Bus stop
• Parking
• Bike parking

References

• 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.

1. Cornolò, op. cit., p. 311
2. Cornolò, op. cit., p. 320
3. Cornolò, op. cit., p. 285
4. Ceron, Farné, op. cit., p. 1017

Coordinates: 45°31′18″N 9°21′48″E / 45.5218°N 9.3632°E