standard primary schools and 0 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 52 students in the two-year middle school and 1 in their pre-apprenticeship, while 11 students were in the four-year advanced program. The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 19 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 31 who attend part-time. The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There were 2 students in the professional program. , there were 14 students in Airolo who came from another municipality, while 31 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Transport Airolo is served by Airolo station, on the Gotthard railway, which is situated in the village centre. The station is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Arth-Goldau and Locarno, most of which start from either Basel SBB or Zürich HB. Bus services include an hourly service to Bellinzona, together with a less frequent route across the Novena Pass to Oberwald. Famous people Felice Lombardi (1791-1863), son of Giuseppe, Ticino cantonal parliament was in 1841 appointed by the Ticino State Council as Head of the Hospice on the Gotthard Pass. Emilio Motta (1855-1920), historian Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862-1947) (Citizenship Hospental), painter, son of Alois and Genovefa Müller-Lombardi Giuseppe Motta (1871-1940), Swiss politician (CIP), Bundesrat. Eugenio Corecco (1931-1995), Roman Catholic bishop in Diocese of Lugano in the canton Ticino Giorgio Orelli (1921-2013), Swiss writer, literary critic, translator and lecturer. Giovanni Lombardi (born 1926), Swiss engineer, known for tunnel and dam projects Marco Lombardi (1941-2014), lawyer, former President of the Hockey Club Ambri-Piotta Filippo Lombardi (born 1956), Swiss politician (CVP) and entrepreneur, President of States (2012 and 2013) Katrin Müller (born 1989) is a Swiss freestyle skier, ski crosser