Milan and Rome, the first Sunday of April is that of the marathons. In the Lombard capital, where the Stramilano has already been raced in March, the 19th edition of the Generali Milano Marathon organized by RCS Sport. A true sports festival that involves, together with professional athletes, a total of 7 people, to which must be added the 14.800 relay runners of the Europe Assistance Relay Marathon (each team is made up of 4 runners and each of them must run a fraction ranging from 7 at 13 kilometers). It starts at 9 (9.45 the start for the team race) from Corso Venezia, not far from Porta Venezia, where there will also be the finish. The route is articulated in the North-West part of Milan, touching the center (Duomo and Castello Sforzesco) and then going towards the Arco della Pace, CityLife, San Siro and Parco di Trenno.
The relay race, like the great international races of this type, aims at solidarity and therefore the organizers have decided that Relay Marathon each team chooses one of over one hundred non-profit associations who collaborate in the event to which to allocate a registration fee. As far as public transport is concerned, inconvenience will be possible since from 10 am to 16 pm the Palestro Metro 1 station (red line) will be completely closed, while as early as 8 am 8 tram lines and as many as 17 bus lines will be diverted (more details on ATM site).
At the same time, the 25th edition of the Marathon and like every year, in addition to the sports festival, also in this case it brings with it some discomfort in the road system, with closed roads and hijacked buses for Romans and tourists visiting the capital. Some have already been announced changes to public transport. The streets of the center will give way to 10 thousand marathon runners expected and then the invitation of Attack is to "pay attention to the route of your reference bus line".
The start of the Rome Marathon is set at 8.35 in via dei Fori Imperiali, at Largo Corrado Ricci, and the arrival will always be in via dei Fori Imperiali just before the intersection with via Cavour. The 42,195-kilometer competitive race is combined with the 5-kilometer non-competitive Stracittadina, which will always start in via dei Fori Imperiali and finish inside the Circus Maximus. here is the Marathon course.
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During the marathon, with time differences depending on the line, 7 connections will suspendedi, 10 lines will divert and 55 will limit the routes. Here's one detailed guide of Atac on the various deviations. To allow thesetting up of the structures from 00.30 to 2 on Saturday 6 April it is closed to traffic Via dei Fori Imperiali from Largo Corrado Ricci to Piazza del Colosseo. The line N2 in the direction of Rebibbia will deviate. path.
The underground and railway service will not undergo any changes with the exception of Colosseum station that will remain closed from the beginning of the service until it is necessary. To reach via dei Fori Imperiali you can use the Cavour or Circus Maximus stations. To stay updated on the situation of public transport during the event, the Atac website (real time section), the Twitter profile and the Atac account on WhatsApp at number 355.1990679.
