Ponte Tresa railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Ponte Tresa in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), from Lugano.[1][2]
Ponte Tresa | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ponte Tresa Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°58′11.989″N 8°51′37.728″E / 45.96999694°N 8.86048000°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 276 m (906 ft) AMSL[1] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Ferrovie Luganesi | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lugano–Ponte Tresa line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Lugano FLP[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Ferrovie Luganesi | ||||||||||
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The station has two platform tracks, plus two additional sidings, under a concrete roof with car parking above.
Services edit
As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Ponte Tresa:[3]
- S60: service every fifteen minutes to Lugano FLP on weekdays and half-hourly on weekends.
Autopostale buses connect the station to Luino, Monteggio and Novaggio. In summer the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) operates a boat service to and from Lugano from a landing stage five minutes walk from the station.[4]
Gallery edit
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Roadside track approaching the station -
Autopostale bus at the station
References edit
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Lugano - Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
External links edit
Media related to Ponte Tresa railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Ponte Tresa railway station – SBB
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