Giubiasco railway station
Giubiasco | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 A Flirt unit of TILO in the station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Viale Stazione, Giubiasco, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°10′27″N 9°00′12″E / 46.174058°N 9.00343°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) AMSL[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard railway Luino–Bellinzona railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 154.0 km (95.7 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Giubiasco is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Giubiasco. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano, and is the junction point with the Luino–Bellinzona railway that has branches to Locarno and Luino.[1][2]
To the south of Giubiasco station, the Gotthard railway's main line commences its climb to the Monte Ceneri Tunnel under the Monte Ceneri Pass, leaving the valley of the Ticino river that it has followed since it left the Gotthard Tunnel, and heading for Lake Lugano. The steep line over Monte Ceneri isn't suitable for high-speed rail or heavy freight trains, and a new rail tunnel, the Ceneri Base Tunnel, is currently under construction to avoid it.[2][3]
As a major junction station, Giubiasca has two island platforms serving four platform tracks, together with a number of freight tracks. However, most long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping, serving instead Bellinzona station, one stop to the north.
The station is served by trains on lines S10 and S20 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), both of which operate every half hour. The S10 operates between Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, with some trains extending northwards to Airolo and southwards to Milan, whilst the S20 operates between Locarno, Bellinzona and Castione-Arbedo. A small number of trains on line S30, between Bellinzona, Luino and Malpensa Airport, also serve the station.[4]
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The station looking south with Monte Ceneri in the background -
The station and station buildings looking north
References
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "Ceneri Base Tunnel: Blast-driving the main tunnel from Sigirino begins". AlpTransit. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Partenza Stazione di Giubiasco" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
External links
Media related to Giubiasco railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Giubiasco station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site
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