Arosa railway station

Arosa railway station is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated in the town and resort of Arosa, close by to the Obersee (one of the lakes in the vicinity).

Arosa
The station building in 2009
LocationTomelistrasse
Arosa
Switzerland
Coordinates46°46′59.84″N 9°40′45.55″E
Elevation1,739 m (5,705 ft)
Owned byRhaetian Railway
Line(s)Chur–Arosa line
Distance25.681 kilometres (15.957 mi) from Chur
Platforms2
Train operatorsRhaetian Railway
Connections
History
Opened12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station
Litzirüti
towards Chur
 Regio
 Terminus
Location
Arosa
Location within Switzerland
Arosa
Arosa (Canton of Graubünden)

The station is the upper terminus of the line and has a number of passenger facilities including a ticket office, shop, and cafe.

A 299m long tunnel takes the line under part of Arosa as it ascends to the station. There is a large yard of freight/rolling stock sidings just beyond the station at the very end of the line, as well as a 2-road locomotive shed (essentially for shunters) at the lower end.

Weisshorn cable car

The base station of the cable car up the Aroser Weisshorn is situated very near to the station. Cable cars arrive/depart every 20 minutes during daytime for much of the year.[1]

Services

The following services stop at Arosa:[2]

  • Regio: hourly service to Chur.
  • A view of the railway station, with the Obersee in the foreground and the cable car behind
  • Looking from the lower end of the station, a train waits to depart (between the two main platforms)
  • A view of the yard at the top end of the station
gollark: * don't work
gollark: And you're constantly presupposing an ethical system of some sort without being explicit about it.
gollark: What is "absolute judgement" anyway? What system are you going to be judged based on? What are the consequences?
gollark: This is a "thought experiment".
gollark: Imagine using ae instead of æ.

References
  1. Cable car timetables - Arosa-Weisshorn & Arosa-Hörnli
  2. "Chur - Arosa" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.