Melide railway station (Italian: Stazione di Melide) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and the municipality of Melide. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso. It is situated immediately to the west of the Melide causeway, which carries the railway, along with several roads, across Lake Lugano.[1][2]
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 The station building from the street in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Via Cantonale Melide Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°57′20.567″N 8°56′54.092″E / 45.95571306°N 8.94835889°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 274 m (899 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 187.2 km (116.3 mi) from Immensee[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Services edit
As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Melide:[3]
- S10 / S50: half-hourly service between Biasca and Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2.
- S90: hourly service between Giubiasco and Mendrisio.
Gallery edit
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The Melide causeway, with station mid-upper right -
Melide station platform and building
References edit
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links edit
Media related to Melide railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Melide railway station – SBB
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