Biasca railway station

Biasca
The frontage of Biasca railway station, with Autolinee Bleniesi and Autopostale buses
General information
Location	Via Bellinzona Biasca Switzerland
Coordinates	46°21′7.150″N8°58′26.994″E / 46.35198611°N 8.97416500°E / 46.35198611; 8.97416500
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	131.8 km (81.9 mi) from Immensee [1]
Train operators	Südostbahn Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autolinee Bleniesi bus services Autopostale bus services [2]
Other information
Fare zone	220 (arcobaleno) [3]
Passengers
2018	1,900 per weekday [4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Bodio TI towards Basel SBB IR 26 Castione-Arbedo towards Locarno Bodio TI towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 46 Preceding station TILO Following station Bodio TI Limited service towards Airolo S10 Castione-Arbedo towards Como San Giovanni S50 Castione-Arbedo towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2
Location

Biasca railway station (Italian : Stazione di Biasca) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Biasca. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the foot of the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.The line through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now used by most trains on the Gotthard route, diverges from the existing line to the south of Biasca station (but before Osogna), passing on the surface to the west of the town before entering the tunnel proper at Bodio. Biasca station can therefore only be served by trains on the slower, but much more scenic, original route. ^{[1] [5]}

Between 1906 and 1973, Biasca was the junction for the metre gauge Biasca–Acquarossa railway to Acquarossa in the Valle di Blenio. ^[1]

Services

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

• InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• S10 / S50 : half-hourly service to Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2. One train per day continues to Airolo.

The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line, and Autolinee Bleniesi, who provide service to the Valle di Blenio. ^{[7] [8]}

Gallery

• 
  Station platforms with a terminating S10 laying over
• 
  Station yard with waterfall

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 48. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Media Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 15. 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. "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
8. "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Biasca railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Biasca railway station – SBB