AEROPORTI · ⚠️ three of them
Three airports called Milan and only one is close. Malpensa, Linate and Bergamo compared, and which station each train uses.
This is the single most common surprise of arriving here, and it is worth deciding about before you book rather than after.
⚠️ Confirm current train and coach times with the operator. The Malpensa Express and the Bergamo coaches both change their timetables seasonally.
Milano Centrale is the enormous one and handles most long-distance trains. ⚠️ It is not the only one: Cadorna (Malpensa Express and the regional network), Porta Garibaldi, Lambrate and Rogoredo all take intercity and regional services, and your ticket names which.
High-speed trains put Turin and Bologna around an hour away, Florence under two, Venice around two and a half, and Rome about three. For most of those the train beats flying once you count the airports at both ends.
Two companies run the high-speed line and they sell separately — check both. And the trips that do not need a whole day are in Day Trips & Nearby.
Turin and Bologna are solid day trips from Milan. Both sit comfortably under the two-hour mark on the fastest trains, and both leave hours to spare at the other end. Florence and Venice are marketed the same way, but their “under two hours” often shrinks once you check the last realistic train home against when … Read more
Bergamo Orio al Serio airport is marketed as “Milan Bergamo”. It is not in Milan. It sits roughly 50 kilometres north-east of the city, in the province of Bergamo, a separate administrative area with its own capital, its own roads and its own transport timetables. Treat it as a day-trip town with an airport attached, … Read more
Pick Milano Centrale if your next move is an intercity or high-speed train, or your hotel sits east of the Duomo. Pick Milano Cadorna if you’re staying near Brera, the Castello Sforzesco or Parco Sempione, or you simply want the shorter of the two runs. The choice is about where you go next, not which … Read more
Three Names, One City, Two Provinces Three airports use the word “Milan” in their name. Only one of them is actually near Milan. The other two are correctly described as regional airports serving the wider Lombardy area, not as suburbs of the city. The code printed on a boarding pass settles the question at once: … Read more
M4 made Linate the only one of Milan’s three airports reachable by metro on an ordinary urban ticket. The line runs underground from Linate Aeroporto to San Babila, at the edge of the center, in around twelve minutes. That is the headline. It is also not the whole story, and the gaps matter more to … Read more
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