Morges railway station (French: Gare de Morges) is a railway station in the municipality of Morges, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways and the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Bière–Apples–Morges line of Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC).[1]
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| Location | Morges Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°30′40.0″N 6°29′38.4″E / 46.511111°N 6.494000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 381 m (1,250 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  MBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 282 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 254 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501037 (MOR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 30 (mobilis)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 24'200 per weekday[3] (SBB (excluding MBC)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Layout and connections
editMorges has two island platforms and a side platform serving five passenger tracks.[4] The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge trains of the Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC) use track No. 5, on the north side of the station; the standard gauge trains of Swiss Federal Railways use the other four tracks.[5] MBC also operates bus services from the station.[6]
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Morges:[5][7][8]
- InterCity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Rorschach.
- InterRegio: half-hourly service to Geneva Airport and hourly service to Brig or Lucerne.
- RegioExpress: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and Vevey, and hourly service from Vevey to St-Maurice. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport.
- Regio: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) to Bière.
- RER Vaud R5 / R6: half-hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont FR.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Saint-Prex, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Départ: Gare de Morges" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Plan de réseau - MBC" (in French). Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, Lignes R5, R6)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Morges - Apples - Bière" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Morges railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Morges railway station – SBB
