The Milan-Venice railway line runs close to the old nursery school, beside Villa Resta Pallavicino’s park. This infrastructure had great historical and strategic importance for the development of connections between the major cities of northern Italy.

The construction of the railway, initially named Strada Ferrata Ferdinandea in honor of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, aimed to link Milan and Venice, the two capitals of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. Started in 1838, the project was marked by numerous difficulties, due to both the high construction cost and the long debate over the route to be followed.

The first sections were gradually inaugurated: on December 12, 1842, the Marghera-Padova segment, followed, on January 11, 1846, by the Vicenza-Venice line, while the Milan-Treviglio connection became operational on February 15 of the same year.

While the entire railway line was being completed, a peculiar solution was devised for the connection between Milan and Venice: passengers travelled to Milan’s station by coach. This coach was then loaded onto an open-air wagon, pulled by a locomotive as far as Treviglio. From there, the coach returned to the road and travelled to Vicenza, where passengers would board the train to Venice. The entire railway route was only completed in 1878, 32 years after the start of works.

The construction of the railway in Trecella involved the expropriation of 207 pertiche of private land, mostly belonging to Marquis Ferdinando Resta Pallavicino. The passing of the railway line irreparably split the park of the family villa.

However, being a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, thanks to his political influence, Marquis Ferdinando Resta Pallavicino managed to obtain a railway stop in Trecella right in front of his residence.

The opening of the station was a major event for the local community: Trecella became the third municipality in the Kingdom of Italy to have a railway stop. This sparked much curiosity and visitors from nearby towns came to see the new mode of transport. The station profoundly changed local life, fostering connections with the Milanese region and opening new cultural and economic opportunities