Tiefencastel railway station
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Railway station in Switzerland
Tiefencastel | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two-story building with gabled roof next to double-track railway line and side platforms The station in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Julierstrasse Tiefencastel Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°39′49.96796′′N 9°34′22.29578′′E / 46.6638799889°N 9.5728599389°E / 46.6638799889; 9.5728599389 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 884 m (2,900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Albula line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 53.9 km (33.5 mi) from Landquart [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1903 (1903年07月01日) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 15 October 1919 (1919年10月15日) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 470 per weekday[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tiefencastel railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tiefencastel, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Albula line of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] Hourly services operate on this section of the line.
Services
[edit ]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Tiefencastel:[4]
- Glacier Express : Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
- Bernina Express : Several round-trips per day between Chur and Tirano.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Chur/Mittelbünden" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Tiefencastel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tiefencastel railway station – Rhaetian Railway
