Arcore railway station

Arcore railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Lecco–Milan railway, it serves the municipality of Arcore with trains from and to Monza-Milano or Lecco ("S8",[3] main service), and Bergamo (regional trains, "R").

Arcore
Location	Piazza Martiri della Libertà (Via Roma) Arcore, Monza and Brianza, Lombardy Italy
Coordinates	45°37′25.5″N 09°19′22.5″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Lecco–Milan
Distance	6.558 km (4.075 mi) from Monza
Platforms	2[1]
Tracks	2[2]
Train operators	Trenord
Other information
Fare zone	5
Classification	silver
History
Opened	27 December 1873
Rebuilt	1984
Location
Arcore Location in Lombardy Arcore Location in Northern Italy Arcore Location in Italy

A second station - of a different railway line, the Monza-Molteno-Lecco railway - is present in Arcore, located in Ca' Bianca-Buttafava area (Buttafava railway station,[4] of "S7"[5] line of Milan suburban railway service), with trains from and to Monza-Milano or Lecco, but running through a more long and slow way than the trains of the main Arcore station (across the brianza hills zone - Colli Briantei - instead than straight to Lecco through the most short way).

Ticket Office

A ticket office and a self-service machine is present in main Arcore station (Not at Buttafava station).

When ticket office is closed, if self-service machine is out of service and no other kind of Trenord authorised resellers[6] is open around 200 meter from the station,[7] ticket can be purchased aboard of the train,[8] asking soon for this just when goin aboard to the "chief train" (Italian: CapoTreno);[9] otherwise you have to pay surcharge and/or mulct.

The most part of the tickets[10][11] require to be validated just some minutes before to go aboard the train, doing this by electronic machines validation (blue colored,[12] for small Magneto-Electronic SBME paper tickets[13]) or mechanics machine validation (yellow colored,[14] for the 5 kind of normal paper tickets: ATB Ticket, Trenord,[15] Lottomatica, Sisal and S.I.R.[16]),[17] both located in the station (3 blue and 2 yellow); this will start the countdown for expiration of the ticket, by stamping current date, time, location/validation-machine-id on it, and in case also reading and recording information on magnetic data strip of SBME tickets. If all the machines validation you need are out of service, ask for validation to the ticket office; if the ticket office is close, ask soon for validation to "chief train" when aboard.

All the kind of trains stopping in Arcore stations ("R", "S7", "S8") can be used with single journey ticket train or a lot of multi pass ticket, only train or integrated tickets, up to the integrated regional ticket "Io Viaggio Ovunque in Lombardia" for multi-journeys on the entire local public transport network in the region of Lombardy.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with bus, mainly to and from Monza, Oggiono, Vimercate.[18]

See also

• Milan suburban railway service

References

1. 1 side platform for track 1, and 1 island platform for track 2 and 3
2. Track 3 was present until 2017, then dismounted for working needing about the whole restyling of the station; by the kind of structures realized during restyling, track 3 is supposed to be restored, but with undefinited timing.
3. Map of S8 railway service on WikiMedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milano_linea_suburbana_S8.png
4. Picture of Buttafava railway station on WikiMedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buttafava_stazione_ferr.JPG ; old picture from external source: http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/img_db/bcf/MI170/7/l/6586_mi170_6586_1.jpg (from http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/fotografie/schede/IMM-MI170-0006586/ )
5. Map of S7 railway service on WikiMedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milano_linea_suburbana_S7.png
6. "Trenord - Ticket Offices and Resellers". TRENORD S.r.l. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
7. The bar inside the station is an Trenord authorised resellers
8. "Trenord - BIGLIETTERIE E RIVENDITE - ACQUISTO A BORDO TRENO "E' ammesso l'acquisto del biglietto a bordo treno senza alcuna maggiorazione, nel caso in cui la stazione sia: a. priva di qualsiasi canale di vendita; b. con biglietteria chiusa, con rivendite convenzionate ad una distanza superiore ai 200 metri dalla stazione, ed emettitrici automatiche in modalità self-service non funzionanti."" (in Italian). TRENORD S.r.l. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
9. Note that "chief train" is the "train conductor/guard", and is not the "train driver" (Italian: macchinista); usually the "chief train" is along the train for check the tickets or is placed near the train driver zone at the head of the train (on some train models he may be also placed in the drive cabine, where you can knock about this), but keep on mind that chief train is also the one that always give the "closing doors" command - after every train stop - by going down from the train for a moment or by looking out from a door before this (in order to check that all doors are free and then well closed); anyway you must find him and ask for ticket immediately when aboard, *do not sit down and wait for his coming or you get a surcharge/mulct*.
10. "Trenord - Tickets". TRENORD S.r.l. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
11. "Trenord - Condizioni di Trasporto - BIGLIETTI, ABBONAMENTI, TESSERE E TARIFFE - 15 febbraio 2017" (PDF) (in Italian). TRENORD S.r.l. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
12. At Arcore Station the electronics machine validation for SBME ticket - those with complete vertical insertion of the ticket from the slot on the top side - are all and only blue colored, but on other Lombardia railway stations the color can be also green or grey/white; this kind of SBME-machine validation is also present on some bus, tram, etc. for the integrated tickets system, but red/orange colored.
13. ATM e Trenord Milano (Italia) - AEP Ticketing Solutions http://www.aep-italia.it/en/systems/atm-e-trenord-milano-italia/
14. Mechanics machine validation (yellow colored): those with partial horizontal insertion of the ticket from the slot on the front side
15. Trenord paper tickets printed on Carta Securizzata (white paper with holographic band on the left side)
16. (in Italian) S.I.R. : Servizi In Rete
17. The "Trenord", "Lottomatica", "Sisal" and "S.I.R." paper tickets can be validated also with pen by yourself, by writing Station, Date and Time in the designed zone before going aboard of your train; DO NOT VALIDATE WITH PEN BY YOURSELF THE OTHER KIND OF TICKETS, OR YOU GET A BIG MULCT!
18. On both sides of the railway there are bus stops of different lines; full list and timetables at http://www.muoversi.regione.lombardia.it/planner/changeLocale.do?loc=en&redir=/orarioLinea.do&method=Muoversi+in+Lombardia MUOVERSI IN LOMBARDIA - public transportation on line timetables (Enter Arcore, Stazione in the "Stop" area, wait and select Arcore, Stazione from the menu, then press "Search" button)

External links

Media related to Arcore train station at Wikimedia Commons