Biasca railway station (Italian: Stazione di Biasca) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Biasca. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the foot of the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.The line through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now used by most trains on the Gotthard route, diverges from the existing line to the south of Biasca station (but before Osogna), passing on the surface to the west of the town before entering the tunnel proper at Bodio. Biasca station can therefore only be served by trains on the slower, but much more scenic, original route.[1][5]
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 The frontage of Biasca railway station, with Autolinee Bleniesi and Autopostale buses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Via Bellinzona Biasca Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°21′7.150″N 8°58′26.994″E / 46.35198611°N 8.97416500°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 131.8 km (81.9 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 220 (arcobaleno)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,900 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Between 1906 and 1973, Biasca was the junction for the metre gauge Biasca–Acquarossa railway to Acquarossa in the Valle di Blenio.[1]
Services
editAs of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Biasca:[6]
- InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- S10 / S50: half-hourly service to Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2. One train per day continues to Airolo.
The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line, and Autolinee Bleniesi, who provide service to the Valle di Blenio.[7][8]
Gallery
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Station platforms with a terminating S10 laying over -
Station yard with waterfall
References
edit- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Media Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
External links
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Media related to Biasca railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Biasca railway station – SBB
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