Milan Metro Line 5

{{Short description|Subway line serving Milan, Italy}} {{Infobox rail line | name = M5 | color = {{rail color|Milan Metro|M5}} | logo = Milano linea M5.svg | logo_width = 80 | image = Linea 5 lilla - metropolitana di Milano - Stazione Garibaldi.JPG | image_alt = | caption = [[Garibaldi FS (Milan Metro)|Garibaldi FS]] station | type = [[Rapid transit]] | system = [[Milan Metro]] | status = Operational | locale = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] | start = [[Bignami (Milan Metro)|Bignami]] | end = [[San Siro Stadio (Milan Metro)|San Siro Stadio]] | connectinglines = {{ric|Milan Metro|M1}} {{ric|Milan Metro|M2}} {{ric|Milan Metro|M3}} | stations = 19 | daily_ridership = 130,000 (October 2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=Delrio sulla M5: "Esempio virtuoso di infrastruttura"|url=http://www.milanotoday.it/politica/graziano-delrio-m5-lilla.html|access-date=27 October 2015|publisher=Milano Today|date=26 October 2015}}</ref> | ridership2 = 37 million (2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tpl Milano, la metro 5 ha ricavi per 85 milioni. Passeggeri? +45% |url=https://www.autobusweb.com/tpl-milano-la-metro-5-ha-ricavi-per-85-milioni-passeggeri-45/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=AUTOBUS Web - La rivista del trasporto pubblico in Italia |date=17 April 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref><br/> 44 million (2024)<ref name=ridership2025>{{cite news |title=Milano, Metro M5 chiude primo semestre 2025 con utile netto di 8 mln e 25 mln di passeggeri |url=https://telenord.it/milano-metro-m5-chiude-primo-semestre-2025-con-utile-netto-di-8-mln-e-25-mln-di-passeggeri-92606 |access-date=19 January 2026 |work=Telenord |date=4 August 2025 |language=it}}</ref><br/> 25 million (January-June 2025)<ref name=ridership2025/> | open = {{start date and age|10 February 2013}}<ref name="RGI-2013-10-06" /> | lastextension = 2015 | owner = | operator = [[Azienda Trasporti Milanesi]] | depot = | stock = [[Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro]] | linelength = {{convert|12.9|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="Metro 5 SpA" /><ref name="eurotransport-2015-05-01" /> | tracklength = | tracks = 2 | gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | minradius = | racksystem = | routenumber = | electrification = {{750 V DC|conductor=third rail}} | speed = {{convert|30|km/h|abbr=on}} (average)<br />{{convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}} (maximum) | elevation = | website = | map = [[File:Milano mappa M5 2015-11-14.svg|250px]] }}

'''Line 5''' is an underground [[rapid transit]] line in [[Milan]], [[Italy]], part of the [[Milan Metro]]. The line, also known as '''M5''' or the '''Lilac Line''' (''Linea Lilla'' in Italian), is {{convert|12.8|km|mi}} long and goes through the city from the north to the north-west.<ref name="Metro 5 SpA">{{cite web |url=http://www.metro-5.com/index.php/sostenibilita |title=Sostenibilità |publisher=Metro 5 SpA |language=it |trans-title=Sustainability |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> It opened in stages between 2013 and 2015.<ref name="RGI-2013-10-06">{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/milano-metros-first-driverless-line-opens.html |title=Milano Metro's first driverless line inaugurated |journal=Railway Gazette International |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="RGI-2014-03-07">{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/europe/single-view/view/milano-extends-driverless-line-m5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150127/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/milano-metros-first-driverless-line-opens.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 |title=Milano extends driverless Line M5 |journal=Railway Gazette International |date=7 March 2014 |access-date=6 June 2015 }}</ref><ref name="eurotransport-2015-05-01">{{cite journal |last=Sadler|first=Katie |url=http://www.eurotransportmagazine.com/16070/news/industry-news/milan-metro-line-5-extension-begins-driverless-operation/ |title=Milan Metro Line 5 extension begins driverless operation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003941/http://www.eurotransportmagazine.com/16070/news/industry-news/milan-metro-line-5-extension-begins-driverless-operation/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |journal=Eurotransport |date=1 May 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="IRJ-2015-05-01">{{cite journal |last=Chiandoni|first=Marco |url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/milan-line-5-extension-opens.html |title=Milan Line 5 extension opens |journal=International Railway Journal |date=1 May 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>

The line operates using [[Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro]] vehicles.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_3_208/ai_n19020296/ |title=Milan Metro |journal=[[Railway Age]] |date = March 2007 |access-date=17 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_4_46/ai_n26695833/ |title=500 million euro Italian metro deal |journal=[[International Railway Journal]] |date = April 2006 |access-date=17 November 2009}}</ref>

==Route== The line is fully underground, with a total length of {{convert|12.8|km|mi}} and serving 19 stations. It runs from Bignami to the north of the city to San Siro Stadio to the south-west in less than 26 minutes.<ref name=metro5official>{{cite web|title=Connessione in corso: stiamo mettendo Milano in linea con il futuro |url=http://www.metro-5.com/index.php/home-page |publisher=Metro5 S.p.A. |access-date=24 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101101912/http://www.metro-5.com/index.php/home-page |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" ! Station name ! Transfer ! Opening |- | [[Bignami (Milan Metro)|Bignami]] | | rowspan="7" | 10 February 2013 |- | [[Ponale (Milan Metro)|Ponale]] | |- | [[Bicocca (Milan Metro)|Bicocca]] | |- | [[Ca’ Granda (Milan Metro)|Ca’ Granda]] | |- | [[Istria (Milan Metro)|Istria]] | |- | [[Marche (Milan Metro)|Marche]] | |- | [[Zara (Milan Metro)|Zara]] | [[File:Milano linea M3.svg|25px|link=Milan Metro Line 3]] |- | [[Isola (Milan Metro)|Isola]] | | rowspan="2" | 1 March 2014 |- | [[Porta Garibaldi (Milan Metro)|Garibaldi FS]] | {{ric|Milan Metro|M2}} {{ric|Trenord|S1}} {{ric|Trenord|S2}} {{ric|Trenord|S5}} {{ric|Trenord|S6}} {{ric|Trenord|S7}} {{ric|Trenord|S8}} {{ric|Trenord|S11}} {{ric|Trenord|S13}} [[File:tren.svg|20px]] |- | [[Monumentale (Milan Metro)|Monumentale]] | | 11 October 2015<ref name="wanted2">{{cite web |url=http://www.wantedinmilan.com/news/milan-to-open-monumentale-metro-station-with-a-party/ |title=Milan to open Monumentale metro station with a party |website=Wanted in Milan |date=9 October 2015 |access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref> |- | [[Cenisio (Milan Metro)|Cenisio]] | | 20 June 2015<ref name="wanted">{{cite web |url=http://www.wantedinmilan.com/news/two-new-m5-stations-to-open-shortly/ |title=Two new M5 stations to open shortly |website=Wanted in Milan |date=28 May 2015 |access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref> |- | [[Gerusalemme (Milan Metro)|Gerusalemme]] | | 26 September 2015<ref name="wanted2" /> |- | [[Domodossola (Milan Metro)|Domodossola]] | {{ric|Trenord|S3}} {{ric|Trenord|S4}} [[File:tren.svg|20px]] | 29 April 2015 |- | [[Tre Torri (Milan Metro)|Tre Torri]] | | 14 November 2015 |- | [[Portello (Milan Metro)|Portello]] | | 6 June 2015<ref name="wanted" /> |- | [[Lotto (Milan Metro)|Lotto]] | {{ric|Milan Metro|M1}} | rowspan="4" | 29 April 2015 |- | [[Segesta (Milan Metro)|Segesta]] | |- | [[San Siro Ippodromo (Milan Metro)|San Siro Ippodromo]] | |- | [[San Siro Stadio (Milan Metro)|San Siro Stadio]] | |}

==Map== {{Rapid transit OSM map |frame-width=700 |frame-height=500 |single_line=y |stations=y }}

==Operation==

The line is equipped with a [[third-rail]] power supply at a voltage of 750 V in [[direct current]]. It is the first line in Milan with a fully automatic management and driving system, as well as the first to have [[platform screen doors]]. The entire line is controlled and managed by a single control centre, located at the depot at the [[Bignami (Milan Metro)|Bignami]] terminus. The line is connected to the rest of the network by a track between [[Isola (Milan Metro)|Isola]] and [[Garibaldi FS (Milan Metro)|Garibaldi FS]] stations, which allows trains to reach the [[Milan Metro Line 2|M2 line]] and then the Precotto depot on the [[Milan Metro Line 1|M1 line]], the closest one that is able to carry out repairs.

The [[Railway platform|platforms]] and trains are {{convert|50|m|ftin|sp=us}} long, compared to 110 of the other three lines of the Milan Metro. However, thanks to very high frequencies the passenger capacity is high at 24,000 passengers per hour.<ref name="MetropolitanaMilanese">{{cite web|title=Metro 5 – La linea lilla che collegherà Garibaldi a Monza|url=http://www.metropolitanamilanese.it/pub/page/it/MM/metropolitane_milano?contentId=925|work=Metropolitana Milanese|access-date=9 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019224544/http://www.metropolitanamilanese.it/pub/page/it/MM/metropolitane_milano?contentId=925|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although the complete automation allows a maximum frequency of one train every 90 seconds (75 in some cases), the current maximum frequency is 150 seconds due to the limited number of trains available.

== Management== The company responsible for construction works and operation is ''Metro 5 [[Società per Azioni|S.p.A.]]'', a consortium of:<ref name=metro5spa>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro-5.com/index.php/azienda |title=Azienda |publisher=Metro 5 SpA |language=it |trans-title=Company |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> * [[Ansaldo STS]] (24.6%) * [[Astaldi]] (23.3%) * [[Azienda Trasporti Milanesi]] (20.0%) * Torno Global Contracting (15.4%) * [[Alstom]] (9.4%) * [[AnsaldoBreda]] (7.3%)

''Metro 5'' covered 40% of global construction costs{{Explain|reason=and the remaining?|date=September 2022}}, and will operate the line for 27 years from the opening.<ref name=metro5spa />

==Rolling stock== {{Main|Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro}} [[File:Linea M5 - lilla - Milano - treni ansaldo - 02.JPG|thumb|AnsaldoBreda driverless train in service in [[Milan]].]] The line uses 21 four-car [[articulated car|articulated]] [[driverless train]]s from AnsaldoBreda<ref name=rgi20110203>{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/milano-metro-m5-extension-contract-signed.html | title=Milano metro M5 extension contract signed | journal=[[Railway Gazette International]] | date=3 February 2011 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> (now [[Hitachi Rail Italy]]), part of the [[AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro]] system.

Classified Series 5500, they were designed by [[Italdesign Giugiaro|Giugiaro]], and are about {{convert|50|m|ftin|sp=us}} long,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metropolitanamilanese.it/pub/page/MM/metropolitane_milano?contentId=925|title=Milan Line 5 The purple line connecting Garibaldi and Monza|publisher=Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A.|access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref> {{convert|2.65|m|ftin|sp=us}} wide, with seating for 96 and a maximum capacity 536 passengers.<ref name="AnsaldoBreda">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ansaldobreda.it/prodottieservice/driverless/metromilanolinea5driverless |title=Metro Milano Linea 5 Driverless |publisher=[[AnsaldoBreda]] |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>

The systems are controlled by a fully automated computer system, located at the control and maintenance center.

==Future extensions== A northern extension from Bignami to [[Monza]] has been approved. It will consist of 11 new stations and the opening is foreseen in 2027.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.specchiosesto.it/2019/06/11/m5-cinisello-via-lincoln/|title=Cinisello, approvata collocazione della fermata della M5 in via Lincoln|date=11 June 2019 |access-date=10 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_ottobre_19/monza-stazione-duomo-nuove-fermate-linea-5-metropolitana-lilla-cf49b596-b493-11e7-aa01-fc391f169342.shtml|title=Stazione e duomo, nuove fermate per la linea 5 del metrò a Monza|date=19 October 2017 |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" ! Station name ! Transfer ! Grade |- | Testi-Gorky | | rowspan="11" | Underground |- | Rondinella-Crocetta | |- | Lincoln | |- | Bettola | {{ric|Milan Metro|M1}} |- | Campania | |- | Marsala | |- | Monza Fs |{{ric|Trenord|S7}} {{ric|Trenord|S8}} {{ric|Trenord|S9}} {{ric|Trenord|S11}} [[File:tren.svg|20px]] |- | Trento e Trieste | |- | Villa Reale-Parco di Monza | |- | Ospedale San Gerardo | |- | Polo istituzionale | |}

==See also== * [[Light metro]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Line M5 (Milan metro)|Milan Metro Line 5}} *[http://www.metro-5.com/ Metro5 – official website] *[http://www.atm-mi.it/en/Pages/default.aspx Azienda Trasporti Milanesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120004131/http://www.atm-mi.it/en/Pages/default.aspx |date=2016-11-20 }} *[http://www.metroricerche.it/blog News about Milan Metro 5]

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