Faido railway station
Faido | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Faido Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°28′59.066″N 8°47′26.509″E / 46.48307389°N 8.79069694°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 755 m (2,477 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 106.0 km (65.9 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Autopostale bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 240 (arcobaleno)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 190 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Faido railway station (Italian: Stazione di Faido) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Faido station.[1][5]
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Faido:[6]
- InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- S10 / S50: one train per day to Airolo, Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1.
The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line, together with other more local services.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Alta Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Faido railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Faido railway station – SBB
