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You will have learned by now that in Italy there is history behind everything, even train stations…. Whatever the reason, Milano Centrale station is a place you will visit for sure. Its numbers are stunning: it is used by over thousand people passing through to take one of the trains that depart from there every day.
The station has 24 tracks and serves national and international routes. The contest for its construction was won in by architect Ulisse Stacchini, whose design was modeled after Union Station in Washington, DC.
The construction proceeded slowly due to the economic crisis that affected Italy during World War I. The project changed several times becoming more and more majestic, especially when Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister and decided to represent the power of the fascist regime through this imposing building. The station was officially inaugurated on June 1, The station has many architectural styles, especially Liberty and Art Deco. In a huge redevelopment project began.
In fact, when I was at my first year of college and living in Milan, Stazione Centrale was literally a construction site! The exterior was as you see it today, but the inside was completely different. The result of this work is pretty amazing. Today the station houses many shops, restaurants and a bigger ticket office.
The station is connected to Milan-Malpensa Airport through the Malpensa Express train service but also to metro, trams and buses for the city center. The construction of this station is more recent. It was built in in the neighborhood known as Porta Garibaldi.
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