Regional-Metropolitan Railway services
The Suburban Railway Service (called “S” Lines, a service similar to French RER and German S-Bahn), composed by 8 suburban lines (10 scheduled for 2008), connects the “Greater Milan” and other cities, like Como or Varese. The Regional Railway Service (called “R”), instead, links Milan with the rest of Lombardy and with the national railway system. The “Passante ferroviario” is an underground railway serving a couple of “S” lines, which is very much like another subway line (and is even marked as such on subway maps), except that it is connected to the FNME and Trenitalia suburban networks.
Taxis
Milan has an efficient Taxi service, operated by private companies and licensed by the City of Milan (Comune di Milano). All taxis are the same color: white. Prices go up based on time elapsed and distance traveled.
Sports
The city is home of two world-famous football teams: A.C. Milan and Internazionale F.C.. Many of the strongest Italian players of Football were born in Milano or in the nerby Metropolitan Area: Valentino Mazzola, Renzo De Vecchi, Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Meazza, Giacinto Facchetti, Gianni Rivera, Luigi Riva, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Bergomi, Walter Zenga, Antonio Cabrini, Roberto Donadoni, Gianluca Vialli, Silvio Piola, Virginio Rosetta, Giampiero Boniperti, Giuseppe Dossena, Gabriele Oriali, Giuseppe Signori, Ugo Locatelli, Giampiero Marini, Aristide Guarneri, Paolino Pulici, Giovanni Trapattoni, Franco e Giuseppe Baresi, Luigi Cevenini, Virgilio e Giuseppe, Giovanni Ferrari…
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