Track 5 of Milano Certosa Station

Track 5, or platform 5 as you call it, is the point of departure towards Milan from Milano Certosa Station, is located in fact along Milan Passante railway which the station is the terminal west at Km 13 + 316.
Track 5 is long 350 meters, it is reached by the two subways station.

At track 5 of Milano Certosa Station stop trains of suburban lines S5 and S6 coming from Varese and Novara with frequency every 30 minutes for each line, currently the cadence starts at 03 of each hour for the line S6 from Novara and 18 for the line S5 from Varese, the service is carried out are modern double-decker Treno Servizio Regionale (Regional Service Train, TSR) evolution of Treno Alta Frequentazione (High Attendance Train, TAF) of Trenord.
On the track pass sometimes any freight trains and regional trains that do not stop at the station.

The platform 5, like the other in the station, has a V-cover with glass sheets, while the part of the track is outdoor.
It is equipped by panels with clock, time of the next train, any delay and flat monitors that inform travelers on arrival of the trains of the entire station, it has metal benches and garbage cans with recycling, but no ticket validation machine.

The track 5 is the point of reference for all the inhabitants of the north-west of Milan whose use public transport to Milan direction, area not served by the subway.
It is also for me, the starting point for any trip to Milan often descending to Milano Porta Garibaldi looking for postcards or to the city center, or travel excursion for mountains, lakes, hill in directions to Lecco or Chiasso, exchanging trains to Milan Porta Garibaldi or Milano Centrale walking along the stretch from the Passante railway station Milan Repubblica to Milan Central Station, about 10 minutes.

Track 5 is always in my thoughts because even I use trains with some frequency, a couple of times a week, in the morning or after lunch between 13:30 and 13:45.
I remember, arriving at track almost always in a hurry or a rush from the underpass of Via Varesina, waits on the platform looking positive signals of the train arrival, checking the information boards at the top, listening to loudspeakers that anticipate the arrival of the train, my peep over the bridge of Interchange hoping to see it come out to the right in distance, he glances toward the other travelers on platform. And when the train is finally near the two small lights on the panel that light up intermittently and the lights of the train approaching slowly to the Passante railway stop.
When the train instead is delayed, the nervousness growing at the increasing of minutes late up to curse Railways, Trenord, the train, the railway network and its staff, lately, I must say and I would not that saying tomorrow they deny me, the trains are more punctual than once.


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