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The '''Milan Metro''' ({{lang-it|Metropolitana di Milano}}) is the [[rapid transit]] system serving [[Milan]], [[Italy]], operated by [[Azienda Trasporti Milanesi]]. The network consists of 5 lines with a total network length of {{convert|111|km|mi}}, and a total of [[List of Milan Metro stations|125 stations (+2 in construction)]], mostly underground. It has a daily ridership of about 1.4 million on weekdays.
The Milan Metro is the largest system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the fifth longest in the [[European Union]] and the eighth in the [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milanocittastato.it/trasporti/effetto-m4-la-metro-di-milano-entra-nella-top-europea/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF3U1dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXSpIbaPnyiu6v7H7zI_mDyWgUrPadrCjN6GDzfUhPP2dI-Mfj4jLYBecw_aem__7hUFLg35ygwuZipXbL1Vg#goog_rewarded|title=Effetto M4: la metro di Milano entra nella top europea|access-date=12 October 2024|language=it}}</ref>
The first line, [[Milan Metro Line 1|Line 1]], opened in 1964;<ref>Milan Opens Its First Metro ''[[International Railway Journal]]'' February 1965 page 22</ref><ref name="ATM-history">{{cite web |url=http://www.atm.it/en/IlGruppo/LaStoria/Pages/ChiEravamo.aspx |title=ATM's History |publisher=ATM |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> [[Milan Metro Line 2|Line 2]] opened 5 years later in 1969,<ref name="ATM-history" /> [[Milan Metro Line 3|Line 3]] in 1990,<ref name="ATM-history" /> [[Milan Metro Line 5|Line 5]] in 2013,<ref name="ATM-history-it">{{cite web |url=http://www.atm.it/it/IlGruppo/LaStoria/Pagine/ChiEravamo.aspx |title=La storia |publisher=ATM |language=it |trans-title=The history |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> and [[Milan Metro Line 4|Line 4]] in 2022. There are also several extensions planned and under construction. The architectural project of the Milan Metro, created by [[Franco Albini]] and [[Franca Helg]], and the signs, designed by [[Bob Noorda]], received the [[Compasso d'Oro]] award in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.metromilano50.com/compasso-oro/|title = Compasso d'oro 1964 alla Metropolitana di Milano - Motivazione e foto storiche della premiazione|access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110050252/http://www.metromilano50.com/compasso-oro/|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status = dead|language=it}}</ref>
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