Milano Centrale railway station
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Milano Centrale is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Italy, and is the second railway station in Italy for passenger flow and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.
Main entrance portico on Piazza Duca d'Aosta, 2022
Swastika in the floor of the Royal Hall of the Milan Central Station
The Royal Hall designed in 1931 by the architect Ulisse Stacchini
The first Milano Centrale railway station from Giornale dell'Ingegnere e Architetto, January 1865, vol. 13, Annex
Simplon Tunnel
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The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simplon Pass route. It is straight except for short curves at either end. It consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 15 years apart. The first to be opened is 19,803 m (64,970 ft) long; the second is 19,824 m (65,039 ft) long, making it the longest railway tunnel in the world for most of the twentieth century, from 1906 until 1982, when the Daishimizu Tunnel opened.
Passing loop
Simplon Tunnel, 1906
A monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel was erected next to the Iselle di Trasquera railway station on 29 May 1905.
Art Nouveau Silver Medallion by Giannino Castiglioni for the Milan International Exhibition 1906. The South Portal of the Simplon Tunnel is on the obverse.