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.
