Samedan railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Samedan, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an important interchange station on the Rhaetian Railway network between the Albula Railway line (between Chur and St. Moritz) and the Samedan–Pontresina railway.[1] Hourly services operate on each line.
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 A train arrives at platform 3 in 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Via Retica Samedan Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°32′1.53604″N 9°52′25.06800″E / 46.5337600111°N 9.8736300000°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,705 m (5,594 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 97.7 km (60.7 mi) from Landquart[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  Engadin Bus[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 40 (Engadin Mobil)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 2,900 per weekday[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Samedan:[4]
- Glacier Express: Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
- RegioExpress: hourly service between Landquart and St. Moritz.
- Regio: hourly service between Scuol-Tarasp and Pontresina.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 38. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ a b "Linien- und Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Engadin Bus. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Pontresina - Samedan - Scuol-Tarasp | St. Moritz - Samedan" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Samedan railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Samedan railway station – Rhaetian Railway
- Samedan railway station – SBB
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