Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.[5] It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
Geneva Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 An InterCity train departing from the station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Grand-Saconnex Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°13′57.0″N 6°6′43.2″E / 46.232500°N 6.112000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lausanne–Geneva line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | tpg[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501026 (GEAP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IATA code | GVA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 (unireso)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 14'600 per weekday[4] (SBB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 60 out of 1'159 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is 250 metres (820 ft) away from the airport terminal via a covered walkway, and very close to the Palexpo fairground.
Services
editThe station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6/7 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig):[6][7]
- InterCity
(Hourly) to St. Gallen via Lausanne, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern , Zürich HB, Zürich Airport, and Winterthur.
(Hourly) to Rorschach via Morges, Yverdon-les-Bains, Neuchâtel, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Olten, Aarau, and Zürich HB.
- InterRegio
(Hourly) to Lucerne via Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Palézieux, Romont FR, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern, Zofingen, and Sursee.
(Half-hourly) to Brig via Nyon (only hourly), Morges (only hourly), Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, Aigle, St-Maurice (only hourly), Martigny, Sion, Sierre/Siders, Leuk (only hourly), and Visp.
- RegioExpress: on weekends, hourly service to St-Maurice.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de réseau TG" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Geneva, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Trafimage Bahnhofpläne".
- ^ "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, Lignes R5, R6)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Départ/Departure: Gare de/Station Genève-Aéroport" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Genève-Aéroport railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Geneva Airport railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Genève Aéroport)
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