Centrale (Milan Metro)
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Centrale is a station on Line 2 and on Line 3 of the Milan Metro
Milan Metro
The Milan Metro is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. Milan metro is the longest metro system in Italy, and is the core of the Milan Transportation System...

 in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, Italy
Italy
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. The station was inaugurated in 1970, and it became an interchange with the new yellow line in 1990.

The station was the final stop of the green line until 1971, when the trains reached Porta Garibaldi (Milan Metro), and of the yellow line until 1991, when Sondrio (Milan Metro)
Sondrio (Milan Metro)
Sondrio is a station of Line 3 of Milan Metro, whose inauguration took place on May 12, 1991, more than a year after the opening of the original trunk of the line to the public...

 was opened.

The station is located just under the Milan Central Station, which is in the municipality of Milan. This is an underground station with 2 tracks in a single tunnel both for Line 3 and Line 2, the green line being deeper than the yellow one. It's very near to the Pirelli Tower
Pirelli Tower
The Pirelli Tower , is a skyscraper in Milan, Italy.-History:...

, headquarters of Lombardy Region
Lombardy
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.

In event of heavy rains, it is sometimes flooded.

Services

The station has:
  • Accessibility for physically disabled passengers
  • Lift
    Elevator
    An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

  • Escalator
    Escalator
    An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...


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