Rivera-Bironico railway station
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Rivera-Bironico | |||||||||||
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Location | Via alla Stazione, Rivera di Monteceneri, Monteceneri, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°07′25″N 8°55′31″E / 46.123593°N 8.925362°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) AMSL[1] | ||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Gotthard railway | ||||||||||
Distance | 165.2 km (102.7 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||
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Rivera-Bironico is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Monteceneri. The station takes its name from the nearby villages of Rivera and Bironico, and is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano. Just to the north of the station, the line enters the Monte Ceneri Tunnel.[1][2]
The station is served by trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate every half-hour between Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, with some trains extending northwards to Airolo and southwards to Milan.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "Partenza Stazione di Rivera-Bironico" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
External links
- Media related to Rivera-Bironico railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Rivera-Bironico station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site