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Morges railway station

Coordinates: 46°30′40.0″N 6°29′38.4″E / 46.511111°N 6.494000°E / 46.511111; 6.494000
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Morges
Two-story building with hip roof and single-story wings
The station in 2016
General information
LocationMorges
Switzerland
Coordinates46°30′40.0″N 6°29′38.4″E / 46.511111°N 6.494000°E / 46.511111; 6.494000
Elevation381 m (1,250 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance12.5 km (7.8 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms
Tracks5
Train operators
ConnectionsBus interchange MBC
Other information
Fare zone30 (mobilis)[2]
Passengers
201820,300 per weekday[3] (SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Genève-Cornavin
towards Lausanne
IC 5
Geneva Airport
Yverdon-les-Bains
Nyon IR 15 Lausanne
towards Lucerne
IR 90 Lausanne
towards Brig
Allaman RE33 Renens VD
towards St-Maurice or Martigny
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
St-Prex
towards Allaman
R5 Morges-St-Jean
towards Palézieux
R6 Renens VD
towards Romont FR
Preceding station MBC Following station
La Gottaz
towards Bière
R56 Terminus
Location
Map

Morges railway station (Template:Lang-fr) is a railway station in the municipality of Morges, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways and the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge Bière–Apples–Morges line of Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC).[1]

Layout and connections

Morges has two island platforms and a side platform serving five passenger tracks.[4] The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge trains of the Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC) use track No. 5, on the north side of the station; the standard gauge trains of Swiss Federal Railways use the other four tracks.[5] MBC also operates bus services from the station.[6]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Morges:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Départ: Gare de Morges" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Plan de réseau - MBC" (in French). Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  7. ^ Swiss Federal Railways (13 October 2022). "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, lignes S5, S6)" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Morges - Apples - Bière" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.