Versam-Safien railway station
Versam-Safien railway station is a station on the Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér railway of the Rhaetian Railway in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is situated alongside the Anterior Rhine, in the railway's scenic passage through the Ruinaulta or Rhine Gorge.[1] The station is located on the south bank of the river in the municipality of Safiental, and serves the village of Versam that lies some 3.6 km (2.2 mi) to the south and some 250 metres (820 ft) higher than the station.[4][5][6]
Versam-Safien | ||||||||||||||
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 The station building and connecting bus in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Station 263 Versam Switzerland | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°48′26.568″N 9°18′37.080″E | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 635 m (2,083 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér line | |||||||||||||
| Distance | 32.7 km (20.3 mi) from Landquart[1] | |||||||||||||
| Train operators | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1903 | |||||||||||||
| Electrified | 22 May 1922 | |||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2018) | 190 per weekday[3] | |||||||||||||
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  Versam-Safien Location within Switzerland  Versam-Safien Versam-Safien (Canton of Graubünden) | ||||||||||||||
Services
The following services stop at Versam-Safien:[7]
- RegioExpress: hourly service between Disentis/Mustér and Scuol-Tarasp.
- Regio: limited service between Disentis/Mustér and Chur or Scuol-Tarasp.
Gallery
Station from above
The station platforms.jpg)
Train passing through
gollark: More so than Macron, which is nonexistent and bad.
gollark: Gravel is inevitable.
gollark: Hmm. This is taking *significant* fractions of a millisecond in my highly approximate benchmarks.]
gollark: No, this is a recording.
gollark: It seems like Macron at this point, not that I remember much mention of it ever.
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Liniennetz Chur/Flims/Laax/Ilanz" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- "1195 – Safiental" (Map). Versam-Safien (2016 ed.). 1:25 000. National Map 1:25'0000. Federal Office for Topography - swisstopo. 2014. ISBN 978-3-302-01195-0. Retrieved 2017-06-05 – via map.geo.admin.ch.
- "Rail network". Rhaetian Railway. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- "Hike along the Ruinaulta". wanderungen.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- "Chur - Disentis/Mustér - Andermatt" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
External links
- Versam-Safien railway station – Rhaetian Railway
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