A Walk Around The Milan Central Rail Station / Milano Centrale
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- King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy laid the cornerstone of the new station on April 28, 1906, before a blueprint for the station had even been chosen. The last, real, contest for its construction was won in 1912 by architect Ulisse Stacchini, whose design was modeled after Union Station in Washington, DC, and the construction of the new station began.
Due to the Italian economic crisis during World War I, construction proceeded very slowly, and the project, rather simple at the beginning, kept changing and became more and more complex and majestic. This happened especially when Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister, and wanted the station to represent the power of the fascist regime. The major changes were the new platform types and the introduction of the great steel canopies by Alberto Fava; 341 m (1,119 ft) long and covering an area of 66,500 square metres.
Construction resumed in earnest in 1925 and on July 1, 1931 the station was officially opened in the presence of Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano.
Its façade is 200 metres wide and its vault is 72 metres high, a record when it was built. It has 24 platforms. Each day about 330,000 passengers use the station, totaling about 120 million per year.
The station has no definite architectural style, but is a blend of many different styles, especially Liberty and Art Deco, but not limited to those. It is adorned with numerous sculptures. “The ‘incongruous envelope of stone’ (Attilio Pracchi) of this gigantic and monumental building dominates Piazza Duca d’Aosta.” [2]
On September 25, 2006, officials announced a €100 million project, already in progress, to refurbish the station. Of the total cost, €20 million has been allocated to restore "certain areas of high artistic value" while the remaining €80 million will be used for more general improvements to the station to make it more functional with the current railway services. The project includes moving the ticket office and installing new elevators and escalators for increased accessibility.[3]
Train services[edit]
The station has 24 tracks. Every day about 320,000 passengers pass through the station using about 500 trains, for an annual total of 120 million passengers. The station is served by national and international routes, with both long-distance and regional lines. Daily international destinations include Bern, Lugano, Geneva, Zürich, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona and Munich.[4]
The station is also connected to Milan-Malpensa Airport through the Malpensa Express train service.
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One of my favourite buildings in Milan.
Yes, mine, too. Far more interesting than the cathedral.
Ｉ've just came back from traveling in Milan. This video brings back memories. Thank you for sharing！
ume asa , thank you...
Wow! My best friend, Nice one video. Love for you also best wishes to you, Carry on dear.
Milan's Central Station is possibly one of the most beautiful termina in Europe. It's big and impressive although the new shopping area doesn't seem to measure up to the high-level architecture of the station.
in the world*
This is amazing station. I am planning to visit Milan soon so I am looking forward :-)
one of the best train station: old and modern togheter
36flamingo63 I agree
va a lavurà, terun - go to work lazy woop
sei lo scemo del paese?
In that nice station in Milan I found the most rude people I've ever seen in my life.
The guy selling tickets, and another security man. Better not asked anything, they will treat you like dogs.
mangiasapone di un terone,vai in libia dai tuoi antenati
Looks very pretty and elegant..
+Val-schaeffer IT is very grand.
Yes .But now a days very dangerous too many black people selling drugs openly just out is station. Prostitute around. At night it's like Africa. Scary
Too many refugees too .I repent I stay 2 nights instead gone to Venice or Florence
It is cold and grey, roof unchanged, granite stairs Could do with some decoration appear empty of atmosphere - brighten them with some lights, colour - - bad job has been done
Great footage of the station! I was in Milan few weeks back and I must say it was such an amazing station that I was very much blown away :-)
Tuukka Varjoranta I agree completely, and thank you.
Tuukka Varjoranta joo on kyl upee asema
Something I noticed is that in EU, shops form on transportation stations. Locals come hang out in train station even when they’re not traveling. The stations are not walled off with highway structure for automobiles so it’s easy and pleasant to walk by.
It’s not very common in US aside from the east coast Tristate area to see malls inside, but in those structures are so ill kept.
That Milan Central after 2008s restructuration, befote 2008 there was a taxi park in the station
Perhaps the grandest railway station in the world. Truly Roman in scale and grandeur.
This is the year I first came to Milan, station looks different there's no shopping area at the front atrium back then. Way more beautiful.
nostalgic and fantastic,,, It's a very good video, but I think it would be better to record the movement more slowly. I was watching this and thought it was a little too fast.
Thanks…I was in my early stages of filming. It takes time to learn what works and what doesn’t work.
Ohh Wow!!!! can't wait to visit Milan
Because of the station???? DON'T BOTHER
The lamps in this station ! ALL of them are so beautiful.
This is the best Station in Europe.
Olizimm ...it is amazing.
In that nice station in Milan I found the most rude people I've ever seen in my life.
The guy selling tickets, and another security man. Better not asked anything, they will treat you like dogs.
Abert Albert i went to that station and traveled to genoa, pretty sure there are automats you can buy the tickets on your own (atleast trenitalia)
@@lielapecka9292 ticket machine are used everywhere - - for the last 20 years
This is just my experience. Yes it happened many years ago. I have friends and family there so I know the situation is more or less the same. Just be careful wherever you are. Ciao!
Congratulazioni per questo video che ci mostra molto bene la vita della stazione.
Grazi
Gorgeous station. Will be passing through in June. Hope I have enough time to take a look around.
It is a rail station and ugly
Robert 16 Wasn’t my impression.
I was coming thru to Milan from Rome in 1985. My Porter on my first class train helped me off the train with all my luggage.
I was supposed to get my connecting train to Geneva. As we disembarked, he started running down the station
With all my luggage. I was so mad. I took off after him and just as I was about to grab his scruffy neck, he dropped
My three pieces of soft luggage and went and hid in between the trains.
I actually saw him peaking thru to see what I would
Do. Well it was lunch time and no Police! I just grabbed my stuff and
went to get my train. He really unnerved me and
I missed my connection for the fast train.
It took me over 7 hours to get to Geneva on a local train. I was furious but
Milan is known for pickpockets and thieves.
You’ve been warned. The train station itself was beautiful.
It's your personal experience and no one can discuss / deny it. However, you are referring to an event occurred about 40 years ago. It's really updated!
looks colossal
The most beautiful station in the world
Come on nothing beautiful about it - it's huge busy but cold, grey - - the roof over platforms has been left as it was instead of build a new one - - the granite stairs could be made looking more attractive with some murals, paintings, glass work or something to brighten up - - - millions have been spent for a very bad job i must say - - -
@@rob5197 you are ignorant about architecture
Antwerp might want a word with you ;)
@@bibekanandahansda2926 Antwerpen centraal it's a beautiful train station. But it's tiny. Milan Central Station is huge and crush it
Ma non esager non hai visto all estero allora come a Parigi la gare de Lion
i must say, after visiting the station, neither the shopping floor nor the glass wall at the platform does the station justice
I know what you mean.
Job unfinished or better bad job
Come sei bella vuostra stazione milanesi!!!un saluto dei san paolo,Brasilie!!!
I posted this also on the Roma Termini video... I just wanted you to know you have an international appeal! I've camped out in this terminal a time or two after a very late arrival, missing a connection on to Roma/Napoli/Sorrento, and then continuing on early the next morning. A few times I wandered out and used the opportunity to explore a bit and discovered the charm of the late night city. I love Milano when the thousands of tourists and shoppers aren't jamming the streets. To wander the city without the crowds is amazing.
Brad Thompson ..thank you Brad.
btw: I'm messaging you from Manhattan and Little Italy. Lots of tourists visiting from Italia.
Brad Thompson be happy you there and not Los Angeles. Weather has been miserable for weeks now...excessive heat.
Haven't checked the national temps, but in my home state of Az, it didn't seem like summer if the temp wasn't 110 or over. The closest I've seen to that in a while was on a few trips to Tunisia.
Great Video!Well done!!!
+iordanis serefoglou Thank you so much. I appreciate your comments. Especially when they are nice comments.
Beautiful
La mia stazione preferita...
Bel video che mostra ogni particolare di questa stazione. :3
Thank you Dierdra, your name is so English sounding for being an Italian.
Great clip ❤🚅🚅🚅
bella estacion, gracias por compartir
Sono un Milanese e manco da Milano da 24 anni devo dire che è migliorata penso che diventerà una città per ricchi
très belle architecture !!
I've been to this station such a beauty I had a 4 day visit in the north .as I was visiting turin 4 days and in between I had visited rome and milan beautiful station
beautiful Trainstation...great Video!
Thomas1980 ...thank you, Thomas
beautiful Station... nice walk!
great video grazie!!
great video
picardbs ...thank you.
italia um dos países mais bonitos do mundo sem duvida alguma
Fabulous looking building. I will be there in October, can't wait to see it!
Awesome place!
Very Nice Video Michael!
Olizimm ....thank you Oli...
Is it true that their are thieves at the train station? I will be going in July. Will need to use train in my travel.
Like every big city in the world, yes, there are thieves. Just be smart. Keep things tight and always be aware. And don't trust kind strangers. And then there are the Gypsies. They do distractions and rob you with a smile. If you have common sense, you'll be ok.
Michael Jiroch very true one black guy very close behind me and other front Me near the ticket machine. I turned back and told why you so close .his reply was that if I need any help or drugs .I told fuck off and stand far from me .
Good news is there are less hawkers and pickpockets around these days loitering isn't tolerated the carabinieri and soldiers patrol the station . You now require a ticket to access the platforms
thats cool, I want to visit this station!
We caught a train from Milano to Bologna in 1998. From what I remember, it was a very Grand station with beautiful architecture.
Antique and beautiful.
Great work! I like it! Greetings. Stefano.
Excelente
grandissimo video!
regione troppo bello.
thank you for share that place sir. i hope be there some day :)
Que bella y que moderna y ordenada
sí, donde está la gente más mal educada del mundo. Tratan a las personas como a perros
Very nice central station!
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Schön in Mailand
Grazi
I am living 25 years in the ugliest continents on the Earth -Australia ,north America and Africa (South Africa ) on the grounds of my highly -paid work there ,but I dearly long ,yearn so strongly for the coming of the day when I shall live in Europe and ,above all ,in Italy until the end of my life.Europe is a matchless continent ,both as landscape and as townscape .Europe must not be shattered by the bombs of the North Americans ,Iranians ,Arabs ,Pakistans ,Russians ,Turks and so on sundry world's knaves who want to wape this so classicaly pretty Europe out the face of the Earth...
Australia is amazing
Terra Mater g
Too late
@@stfano98architecture can't compare with europe
awsome !
marcos rossini thank you Marcos...
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Stazione bellissima meglio di quella romana sembra in stile russo fuori sembra essere new York
e uguale non cambia nulla
no quella di roma e bellissima e grandissima milano e piu intrnazionale
e forse molto più antica di quella di roma ma nulla da dire a roma figurati
scusa ma hai scritto a michele e o risposto io
Grazie comunque conosco molto bene tutte e due .grazie dell informazione
la stazione è stata progettata nei primi anni del 900 e il progetto è stato approvato nel 1912. Ci sono voluti quasi vent'anni per costruirla. praticamente è nata fuori dal tempo, assomiglia a un tempio babilonese
Bella città
Ahmed Yeslem grazi'
di niente
wonferful station !!!!! look like (a little bit) central station in new york city !!!!
It is inspired by the Chicago Uniion Station
Its our grand central ;)
@@picardbs no the Milan station was buildings during the fascism
@@tangodadeyt3081 yes ...and inspired by the Chicago U.S. ...try to become better-informed
@@tangodadeyt3081 The project predates the fascist era.
Michael jiroch, scusa l' ignoranza, ma io no speak english😯😯😯
I wonder why Italy and Germany have a CENTRAL Station System. In France and the UK there are NO CENTRAL train stations... realy strange!
In France, train lines were owned by different companies like America. Each train company had to build their own station to service their routes. In Germany and Italy, train were run by the Gov't. And centralized all the routes and stations. (Herr Hitler and Mussolini)
How can you have a central train station for a country?? This is the central train station for the city of Milan. Milan has around 7 train stations in the city, this is simply the most central one.
it was the "terminal station" concept vs "transit station" : one huge array of rails direct into the city instead of peripheral station , you must think like an ancient last 19 th century architect considering the northeast side of Milano mainly " industrial estate" and economic earth of the city.
Wow v.good
Greatest train station in europe
Not the best
@@rob5197 it has partially improoved the latest 15 yrs, except for the waiting room, which was way better before. It was really grand
Now the World is a smaller place
Just got back very nice
Interesting melting pot of designs. I'd presumed stations named Central signified trains coming and going via either end of the terminal.
trainrover it’s an example Mussolini inspired Fascist Architecture.
Mussolini must've been too busy dictating to be bothered with architecting, surely.. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . .
trainrover ...From Wikipedia: Fascist architecture is a style of architecture developed by architects of fascist societies in the early 20th century. The style gained popularity in the late 1920s with the rise of modernism along with the nationalism associated with fascist governments in western Europe. The style resembles that of ancient Rome. However, the fascist-era buildings lack ostentatious design, and were constructed with symmetry and simplicity. Both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler utilized the new style of architecture as one of many attempts to unify the citizens of their nations, mark a new era of nationalist culture, and exhibit the absolute rule of the nation.[1] Today, new fascist architecture is scarce because of the Axis powers' defeat in World War II, as the fascist political ideology quickly went into decline.
Surely that architecture mustn't have been called Fascist back in the day, right? And hadn't the dawn of the 1930s occurred before the advent of Fascismo anyhow? I've always sensed fascism in NYC's art deco (I forget the precise name of the genre) from its sidewalks, might anybody else see the same?
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist Not really, there are just few elements of fascist architecture, the overall design (eclectic: a mix of neoclassical, monumental libery and art déco) is from the previous period.
Hidden in plain sight
where is this
I am from india
Shaik Osman ....Milan, Italy
Io soffro di attacchi di ansia, e per me viaggiare e una tortura😭😭😭
Antonella Orecchio, that’s an odd thing to share about yourself on the internet.
Antonella Orecchio
Ti puoi curare, se vai dal medico giusto, che è lo psichiatra.
In bocca al lupo!
Flash Mirr
Ciao
È stata vigliaccamente deturpata in nome del più becero commercio.
@Zeus Zeus Quello è giustificabile, meno lo sono i locali sopraelevati che rovinano forse ancora di più l'architettura.
Nice station but plenty of romanians thiefs, unsafety smugglers.....pitty 😞
Take care of yourself sa byahi.
Im italian
Stazione costruita nel ventennio Fascista, come del resto anche la stazione smn di Firenze.
progettata all'inizio del secolo e cominciata prima della 1'guerra e finita faticosamente nel '31...quasi venti anni...non c'è da vantarsi, basta leggere i libri di storia, ma certa gente non sa neanche leggere..
@@patsemataryil bello che Mussolini doveva inaugurarlo personalmente ma l'arciduca di Milano (mi sembra) era contro le leggi raziali e ha rifiutato
In that nice station in Milan I found the most rude people I've ever seen in my life.
The guy selling tickets, and another security man. Better not asked anything, they will treat you like dogs.
Abert Garcia ...miserable govt employees who can’t be fired, even caught enfilgrado with a horse.
The railway network isn't owned by the government neither are the employees,was privatised a decade ago.
Michael Jiroch Correct
I believe you
I have been in that station many times I have never seen anything of what you're saying. It must be you and the way you behave that annoys people to be rude!!
HE built that for us.. and we made it a shopping center. shame!
Raffaele Arecchi , not really, these malls and restaurants inside these old Stations sustain the building, pay the bills for upkeep. These old train stations are high maintenance and take a lot of money to maintain. Otherwise the building would be an empty dark shell wet cave with no life in it at all. If not they'd be razed to the ground and just empty platforms would take their place.
This station was built to Fascism and Mussolini, many works were built by DUX
Speso milioni per fare 2 escalatori e creare few oulets per che cosa??? - - la gente in
stazione hafretta no shopping - - il tetto in vetro non è stato toccato un lavoraccio - andate a Londra vedete new Liverpool Street rifatto tetto in vetro - station modernissima - - la centrale?? Anni di lavoro per niente
Volete fare l'américain ma non e possibbile non avete i mezzi economici per fare la différenza preparatevi al default economico
You tubeDaniele Vincenzo curati cretino!
E tu preparati al default di tua madre.
I tuoi genitori hanno anche figli normali?
Caro Daniele impara la grammatica
Beautiful
looks colossal
Yes huge but lack warmth - it's grey and cold - a feel of emptiness -
It is! It's the largest station in Europe by volume.
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