Castione-Arbedo railway station

Castione-Arbedo railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Arbedo-Castione. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Biasca and Bellinzona.[1][2]

Castione-Arbedo
Castione-Arbedo station in 1977, with BM track and train in the foreground
Location	Via Stazione Arbedo-Castione Switzerland
Coordinates	46°13′30″N 9°2′28″E
Elevation	241 m (791 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	147.3 km (91.5 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale bus services
Services
Preceding station TILO Following station Biasca towards Erstfeld RegioExpress RE10 Bellinzona towards Milano Centrale Biasca towards Airolo S20 Bellinzona towards Locarno
Location
Castione-Arbedo Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Castione-Arbedo Castione-Arbedo (Canton of Ticino) Show map of Canton of Ticino

From 1907, Castione-Arbedo station was the principal interchange point between the Gotthard railway and the Bellinzona–Mesocco railway (BM), a metre gauge railway linking Bellinzona and various communities in the Val Mesolcina as far as Mesocco. The line closed to passenger traffic in 1972, and to freight traffic in 2003, but the section north as far as Cama, operated as the Ferrovia Mesolcinese tourist line until its final closure in 2013.[1][3]

Services

The following services stop at Castione-Arbedo:[4]

• RegioExpress: hourly service between Erstfeld and Bellinzona, with most trains continuing to Milano Centrale.
• S20: hourly service to Biasca and half-hourly service to Locarno; one daily round-trip continues from Biasca 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.[5][6]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
3. "La ferrovia Bellinzona Mesocco è al capolinea. Forse". RSI Rete Uno (in Italian). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
4. "Erstfeld - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
5. "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
6. "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Castione-Arbedo train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Castione-Arbedo railway station – SBB