Locarno railway station

Locarno
A TILO train arriving at Locarno station.
General information
Location	Piazza Stazione CH-6600 Muralto Switzerland
Coordinates	46°10′21″N 08°48′07″E
Elevation	204 m (669 ft)
Owned by	SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by	SBB CFF FFS Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO) Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART)
Line(s)	Giubiasco–Locarno railway Domodossola–Locarno railway
Distance	21.05 km (13.08 mi) from Bellinzona
Platforms	3
Tracks	4 (Italian: binario)
Connections	FART bus services AutoPostale
Other information
Fare zone	Arcobaleno: 30/300
Website	Stazione di Locarno
History
Opened	20 December 1874 (1874-12-20)
Rebuilt	1990 (1990)
Electrified	15 May 1936 (1936-05-15)
Passengers
2018	6,600 per working day
Rank	99 of 1735
Services
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Locarno railway station (Italian: Stazione di Locarno) serves the city of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. However, the station is located within the adjacent municipality of Muralto, near the shore of Lake Maggiore. The border between the two municipalities runs along the Torrente Ramogna stream, a short distance to the south and west of the station.

Since 1990, Locarno station has been divided into two distinct components, each served by a separately operated railway. At surface level, there is a standard gauge station, operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). That station is the terminal of a branch line from Giubiasco on the Gotthard Railway. Underground, there is another terminal station, for the metre gauge Domodossola–Locarno railway, an international rail link operated in Switzerland by the Regional Bus and Rail Company of Canton Ticino (Italian: Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi, or FART).

Before the station was renovated into this form, the metre gauge trains operated from a separate platform on the station forecourt. As part of the reconstruction, the standard gauge station was augmented by a new finger platform between tracks two and three. Additionally, the two railway lines' goods yards were removed, and the underground station constructed in their place.

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  The station building
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  The above ground platforms
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  The entrance to the underground platforms
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  A FART train in the underground platforms

References

• Moser, Beat; Pfeiffer, Peter (2004). SBB Gotthardbahn (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-121-8.

External links

• Media related to Locarno railway station at Wikimedia Commons