Airolo railway station

Airolo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Airolo) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Airolo station.[1][5]

Airolo
Three-story building with gabled roof
Airolo station building and platforms
General information
LocationViale Stazione
Airolo
Switzerland
Coordinates46°31′39.094″N 8°36′31.032″E / 46.52752611°N 8.60862000°E / 46.52752611; 8.60862000
Elevation1,142 m (3,747 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Distance86.2 km (53.6 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators
ConnectionsAutopostale bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone244 (arcobaleno)[3]
Passengers
2018370 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Göschenen
towards Basel SBB
IR 26 Ambrì-Piotta
towards Locarno
Göschenen IR 46
Preceding station TILO Following station
Terminus S10
Limited service
Ambrì-Piotta
S50
Limited service
Ambrì-Piotta
Location
Map

The station has three platform tracks, served by a side platform and an island platform, connected by a pedestrian subway. The station building, on the side platform, includes a kiosk and a ticket office, but is largely given over to a manufacturer of local yogurts. Just outside the station entrance is a memorial to the lives lost during the construction of the Gotthard Tunnel.

Services

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As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Airolo:[6]

Bus services operated by Autopostale terminate in front of the station, and include an hourly service to Bellinzona that parallels the railway, together with a less frequent route across the Novena Pass to Oberwald.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz Alta Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  6. ^ "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
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