Most international and domestic trains pull in at the
main Stazione Centrale , northeast of the city centre on
Piazza Duca d'Aosta, at the hub of the metro network on lines MM2
and MM3. Quite a few trains, especially those from stations in the
Milan region - Bergamo, Pavia, Como and the other western lakes -
terminate at Garibaldi, Lambrate, Porta Genova and
Nord , all on MM2 (the metro stop for Milan Nord is
"Cadorna"), although these often also stop at Centrale.
International and long-distance buses arrive at and depart
from Piazza Castello, in front of the Castello Sforzesco.
Information and tickets are available from the Autostradale bus
office (tel 02.801.161) on the piazza, or Zani Viaggi (tel
02.867.131), on the corner of Piazza Castello and Foro Buonaparte.
As for arrival by car , the city is encircled by a
multi-laned toll road, the Tangenzianale, from which there are
links onto the autostradas for Venice and Turin (A4), Genoa
(A7), and the "Autostrada del Sole" (A1) for Bologna, Florence,
Rome and the south.
Milan has two airports , both used by domestic and
international traffic. Malpensa (tel 02.7485.2200), 50km
northeast of the city, is the main one, connected by direct bus
with the Stazione Centrale (every 20 mins 5.20am-10.30pm; 1hr;
L13,000/€6.71) and by the new FNME train, the Malpensa Express
(every 30min 6.30am-1.30am; 40min; information tel 02.27.723,
www.malpensaexpress.com ), with Milano Nord (the early
morning and late evening services are replaced by a bus from Via
Leopardi, just to the left of the station). It costs L15,000/€7.75,
although Air Italia and Lufthansa passangers are entitled to
discounts. Check when you buy your ticket that your airline hasn't
arranged a similar deal. Milan's other airport, Linate (tel
02.7485.2200), is just 7km from the city centre: special airport
buses connect it with the air terminal on Piazza Luigi di Savoia,
on the east side of Stazione Centrale (every 20min 5.40am-7pm,
every 30min 7-9pm; 20min; L4500/€2.32). Ordinary ATM urban
transport buses (#73) also run every ten minutes from 5.30am
until around midnight between Linate and Piazza San Babila in the
city centre, and they don't take much longer; tickets cost
L1500/€0.78 and should be bought before you get on the bus from the
airport newsagent, or, if you have change, from the ticket machine
at the bus stop. Bear in mind, too, that there's a twice-daily
connecting bus service between Linate and Malpensa, a 75-minute
journey.