Classic route
Malpensa Express
Malpensa Airport → Milan · Italy
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Terminal 2 to Milano Cadorna in three quarters of an hour, the airport link the Ferrovie Nord opened in May 1999 and the reason Malpensa has a railway station under it at all.
Stations
- 0 kmMalpensa Aeroporto T2
- 3 kmMalpensa Aeroporto T1
- 16 kmBusto Arsizio Nord
- 31 kmSaronno
- 48 kmMilano Bovisa Politecnico
- 50 kmMilano Domodossola
- 52 kmMilano Cadorna +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 919365 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 318
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Malpensa Express?
The Malpensa Express runs 52 km from Malpensa Airport to Milan.
How long does the Malpensa Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 52 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Malpensa Express?
Trenord.
How old is the Malpensa Express?
The line has been in service since 1999. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Malpensa Express run?
44 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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