Main
Big photo
Wikipedia: The Milan-Monza railway line is the second oldest railways in Italy. It was the first railway in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, part of the Austrian Empire, opening in 1840 as the Imperiale Regno Privilegiata Strada Ferrata da Milano a Monza ("Imperial United Privileged Railway from Milan to Monza") and was 12.8 km long. In November 1839 the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria authorized construction of the railroad by the Holzhammer Company, owned by the aristrocrat Giovanni Putzer.
![[Locomotives similar to this Robert Stephenson locomotive were used initially]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Aigle_Stephenson_Mulhouse_FRA_001_s.jpg "Locomotives similar to this Robert Stephenson locomotive were used initially")
|
![[The original Porta Nuova Station in Milan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stazione_Milano_Porta_Nuova_28I_29_s.jpg "The original Porta Nuova Station in Milan")
|
 from Ignis |
 from Friedrichstrasse |
Is there something wrong with this topic? See our policies on offensive content; if you see something wrong, contact us.
