Tiefencastel railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tiefencastel, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Albula line of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] Hourly services operate on this section of the line.
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 The station in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Julierstrasse Tiefencastel Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°39′49.96796″N 9°34′22.29578″E / 46.6638799889°N 9.5728599389°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 884 m (2,900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Albula line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 53.9 km (33.5 mi) from Landquart[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 15 October 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 470 per weekday[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Tiefencastel:[4]
- Glacier Express: Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
- Bernina Express: Several round-trips per day between Chur and Tirano.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Chur/Mittelbünden" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Tiefencastel railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Tiefencastel railway station – Rhaetian Railway
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