Giubiasco railway station
Giubiasco railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Giubiasco. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano, and is the junction point with the Luino–Bellinzona railway that has a branch to Locarno.[1][2]
Giubiasco | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A Flirt unit of TILO in the station in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Viale Stazione Giubiasco Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°10′25.788″N 9°0′12.870″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) AMSL[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 154.0 km (95.7 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Autopostale bus services | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Giubiasco Location within Switzerland Giubiasco Giubiasco (Canton of Ticino) |
To the south of Giubiasco station, the Gotthard railway's main line commences its climb to the Monte Ceneri Tunnel under the Monte Ceneri Pass, leaving the valley of the Ticino river that it has followed since it left the Gotthard Tunnel, and heading for Lake Lugano. The steep line over Monte Ceneri is not suitable for high-speed rail or heavy freight trains, and a new rail tunnel, the Ceneri Base Tunnel, is currently under construction to avoid it.[2][3]
As a major junction station, Giubiasca has two island platforms serving four platform tracks, together with a number of freight tracks. However, all long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping, serving instead Bellinzona station, one stop to the north.
Services
The following services stop at Giubiasco:[4][5]
- S10/S50: half-hourly service between Bellinzona and Mendrisio; hourly service from Mendrisio to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2.
- S20: half-hourly service between Castione-Arbedo and Locarno; every other train continues from Castione-Arbedo to Biasca and one daily round-trip continues to Airolo.
Gallery
- The station looking south with Monte Ceneri in the background
- The station and station buildings looking north
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- "Ceneri Base Tunnel: Blast-driving the main tunnel from Sigirino begins". AlpTransit Gotthard AG. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- "Erstfeld - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "Biasca - Bellinzona - Locarno" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Giubiasco train station at Wikimedia Commons - Giubiasco railway station – SBB