Geneva Airport railway station
Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.[3] It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
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Location | Grand-Saconnex Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°13′57.173″N 6°6′43.124″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lausanne–Geneva line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Geneva Airport Location within Switzerland ![]() ![]() Geneva Airport Geneva Airport (Canton of Geneva) |
The station is 250 metres away from the airport terminal via a covered walkway, and very near to the Palexpo fairground.
Services
The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at the Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6 minutes away) and continue to Lucerne, Zürich, St. Gallen, or the Valais Alps (Brig):[4]
- InterCity: half-hourly service to Zürich Hauptbahnhof and hourly service to St. Gallen.
- InterRegio: half-hourly service to Brig and hourly service to Lucerne.
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References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Plan tpg multimodal" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- http://plans.trafimage.ch/geneve-aeroport?lang=en#?layer=geneve-aeroport_aussenplan
- "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, lignes S3, S4)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Genève-Aéroport railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Geneva Airport railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Genève Aéroport)
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