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NM4 night busorMalpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The NM4 night bus reaches San Babila and the Duomo, where the M4 arrives; Milano Centrale is one change away; the Malpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa does not. The other airport, not the city. For a connection between the two; for central Milan take the M4 from Linate.

The NM4 night bus is quicker: 19 min against 1 h 25. The Malpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa varies between 75 and 85 minutes.

NM4 night bus: 00:40–05:10. Malpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa: 08:45–14:45.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersNM4 night busMalpensa Shuttle coach to MalpensaDifference
1€2.20€15€12.80
2€4.40€30€25.60
3€6.60€45€38.40
4€8.80€60€51.20
5€11€75€64
6€13.20€90€76.80
7€15.40€105€89.60
8€17.60€120€102.40

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
NM4 · ATMNM4 night bus
From
The "Linate Aeroporto M4" bus stop outside the terminal
To
Corso Europa at Piazza San Babila (the "Europa" stop) in 19 scheduled minutes; then, on the current diversion, Crocetta and Porta Romana (M3) and Porta Genova (M2) before rejoining the M4 stations from Coni Zugna to San Cristoforo and Lorenteggio
Luggage
A city bus under ATM's ordinary rules: carried free, nothing over 90 cm on a side.
Runs
00:40–05:10
Journey
19 min

This is what runs at 03:00, and it costs EUR 2.20. As of 31 August to 13 September 2026: 19 minutes to Corso Europa, 14 to Dateo.

It is currently diverted: after San Babila it runs via Viale Regina Margherita, Crocetta and Porta Romana to Porta Genova, skipping Via Visconti di Modrone, Largo Augusto and Sforza-Policlinico. Check ATM's sheet before relying on a stop west of San Babila.

Every 30 minutes, so a bus may have just left: the first after the last train is at 00:40, fourteen minutes later.

At the other end of the night there is a 30-minute hole between the last bus at 05:10 and the first train at 05:40 on weekdays; on Sundays the bus runs to 05:40 and the train starts at 06:00.

NM4 night bus: price for every party size

See ATM's M4 and NM4 page
Malpensa Shuttle · Air PullmanMalpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa
From
Linate Airport, bay 5 at the terminal
To
Malpensa Terminal 2, then Terminal 1 (level -1 opposite the Sheraton Hotel), by way of Milano Lampugnano
Luggage
Included in the fare.
Runs
08:45–14:45
Journey
75–85 min

Only two coaches run each way, 08:45 and 14:45 from Linate and 12:15 and 17:10 from Malpensa. Miss one and the next is hours away, so check the day before.

It calls at Terminal 2 first and Terminal 1 ten minutes later, so stay on for Terminal 1.

The arrival times hold only if traffic does.

Malpensa Shuttle coach to Malpensa: price for every party size

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