The section built within the airport trackbed, which initially included only one terminus station serving terminal 1, named “Malpensa Aeroporto”, extends for 3.5 kilometres. The line was delivered on 7 April 1999, complete with railway infrastructure, electrification systems, signalling and telecommunications equipment. Following an extremely intense pre-operational programme, on 30 May 1999 the “Malpensa Express” made its maiden journey between Milano Cadorna and Malpensa airport. From the outset, the station was laid out as a through station in order to leave the way open for a possible future extension to the airport’s second terminal. Work on a 3.6 km extension to terminal 2, largely in cuttings and tunnels, was begun in 2014. The complex construction site was sandwiched between the ultra-urbanised area of the airport and the forests of the Ticino Park: an area where unexploded bombs dating back to World War II and important archaeological finds had to be dealt with. The new “Malpensa T2” station was opened on 6 December 2016.