Castione-Arbedo railway station

Castione-Arbedo

Castione-Arbedo station in 1977, with BM track and train in the foreground
Location Via Stazione,
Arbedo-Castione,
Canton of Ticino,
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°13′26″N 9°02′30″E / 46.22385°N 9.041555°E / 46.22385; 9.041555Coordinates: 46°13′26″N 9°02′30″E / 46.22385°N 9.041555°E / 46.22385; 9.041555
Elevation 241 m (791 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Line(s) Gotthard railway
Ferrovia Mesolcinese
Distance 147.3 km (91.5 mi) from Immensee[1]
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
toward Airolo
TILO
S10
toward Chiasso
TerminusTILO
S20
toward Locarno
Location
Castione-Arbedo railway station (Switzerland)

Castione-Arbedo 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, and on the Ferrovia Mesolcinese tourist railway.[1][2]

The station is served by trains on lines S10 and S20 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO). The S10 operates two trains per hour south to Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, with one train an hour continuing north to Biasca and a few trains extending northwards to Airolo and southwards to Milan. The S20 operates two trains per hour south to Bellinzona and Locarno.[3]

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 has since been resuscitated as the Ferrovia Mesolcinese tourist line.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ "Partenza Stazione di Castione-Arbedo" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-23.


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