Raron railway station (German: Bahnhof Raron, French: Gare de Rarogne) is a railway station in the municipality of Raron, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only.
Raron | |||||||||||
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 RegionAlps train at Raron in 2010 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Raron Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°18′22.586″N 7°48′5.440″E / 46.30627389°N 7.80151111°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Simplon line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 130.1 km (80.8 mi) from Lausanne | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | RegionAlps | ||||||||||
| Connections | RegionAlps bus lines[1] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 38 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 44 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501604 (RAR) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 1'000 per weekday[2] (RegionAlps) | ||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Raron:[3][4]
- Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to Saint-Gingolph.
References
edit- ^ "Netzplan Regionalbus Leuk-Visp" (in German). RegionAlps. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Raron, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French and German). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Raron" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Raron railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Raron railway station – SBB
- Raron railway station – RegionAlps (in French)
