Italy opens new Malpensa Terminal 2–Gallarate railway link
- Location
- Gallarate–Malpensa (Province of Varese, Lombardy) · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Project
- Malpensa Terminal 2–Gallarate railway link
- Investment
- approx. EUR 264 million (including EUR 63.4 million in EU funding)
- Status
- Completed / in operation
The new 4.6 km double-track railway connects Malpensa Terminal 2 directly to the Simplon line at Gallarate and opened on 23 January 2026. Travel time between Gallarate and the airport dropped from about 30 to 8 minutes as a result. The roughly EUR 264 million project (including EUR 63.4 million in EU funding) was built by Ferrovienord (FNM group) and completed ahead of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics; Trenord operates the trains.
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