Finding Your Midway on the Milan Metro
A simple guide to smarter meetups.
The Milan metro is your key to unlocking the city.
It's also the key to finding a truly fair place to meet your friends.
Forget guessing. Let's use the metro map strategically.
The Golden Rule: Look for the Intersections
The most powerful midway points are often at or near metro interchanges.
Cadorna (M1/M2): Connects east-west and north-south lines. A classic, powerful interchange.
Centrale (M2/M3): Ideal if someone is coming from outside Milan by train.
Duomo (M1/M3): The heart of the system, but often too crowded.
Garibaldi (M2/M5): Connects the newer lilac line with the green line, opening up Isola and beyond.
Lotto (M1/M5): A key hub for the west side of the city.
Scenario: Friend on M1 (Red) meets Friend on M5 (Lilac)
Instead of one person making two changes, find a single-change solution.
You could meet at Lotto, where the lines cross directly.
Or, you could meet somewhere near a station that's a short walk from both lines, but that gets complicated.
Don't Forget the Passante! 🚆
The Passante railway (lines S1, S2, S5, S6, S13 etc.) is like a secret metro line that runs underground through the city center.
Stations like Repubblica, Porta Venezia, and Dateo are powerful midway points, especially if one person lives further out along a suburban line.
Feeling like a transit planner yet?
It's a lot to think about. The interchanges, the travel times, the walk from the station...
Let technology handle the logistics, so you can focus on the fun part.