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Ponte Tresa railway station

Coordinates: 45°58′11.989″N 8°51′37.728″E / 45.96999694°N 8.86048000°E / 45.96999694; 8.86048000
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Ponte Tresa
Grey-and-red trains on yard tracks at station throat
The station in 2012
General information
LocationPonte Tresa
Switzerland
Coordinates45°58′11.989″N 8°51′37.728″E / 45.96999694°N 8.86048000°E / 45.96999694; 8.86048000
Elevation276 m (906 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned byFerrovie Luganesi
Line(s)Lugano–Ponte Tresa line
Distance12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Lugano FLP[1]
Platforms2
Train operatorsFerrovie Luganesi
Connections
Services
Preceding station Ferrovie Luganesi Following station
Terminus S60 Caslano
towards Lugano FLP
Location
Ponte Tresa is located in Switzerland
Ponte Tresa
Ponte Tresa
Location within Switzerland
Ponte Tresa is located in Canton of Ticino
Ponte Tresa
Ponte Tresa
Ponte Tresa (Canton of Ticino)

Ponte Tresa railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Ponte Tresa in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), from Lugano.[1][2]

The station has two platform tracks, plus two additional sidings, under a concrete roof with car parking above.

Services

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As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Ponte Tresa:[3]

  • S60: service every fifteen minutes to Lugano FLP on weekdays and half-hourly on weekends.

Autopostale buses connect the station to Luino, Monteggio and Novaggio. In summer the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) operates a boat service to and from Lugano from a landing stage five minutes walk from the station.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  3. ^ "Lugano - Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
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