Grandson railway station

Grandson
The station in 2018
General information
Location	Grandson Switzerland
Coordinates	46°48′22.586″N6°38′30.995″E / 46.80627389°N 6.64194306°E / 46.80627389; 6.64194306
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line
Distance	42.7 km (26.5 mi) from Lausanne [1]
Platforms	3 1 side platform 1 island platform
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	CarPostal SA buses [2]
Construction
Parking	64
Bicycle facilities	42
Accessible	Platform 1 only
Other information
Station code	8504201 (GRS)
Fare zone	123 (mobilis) [3]
Passengers
2023	1'000 per weekday [4] (SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Yverdon-les-Bains Terminus R13 Limited service Concise towards Neuchâtel Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Yverdon-les-Bains towards Cully R1 Terminus R2
Location

Grandson railway station (French : Gare de Grandson) is a railway station in the municipality of Grandson, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways. ^[1]

History

Grandson railway station was inaugurated in 1859 with the opening of the Yverdon-les-Bains - Vaumarcus section of the Jura Foot line. ^{[5] [6]}

The electrification of the line, from Yverdon-les-Bains to Biel/Bienne, was commissioned on 23 December 1927. ^[5]

Since the timetable change on 13 December 2015, the station has become the terminus of the RER Vaud, replacing Yverdon-les-Bains railway station. ^{[7] [8] [9]} This extension required the construction of a platform along a former freight train overpass track, reused for stopping RER Vaud trains and reversing them at the platform. These are 55 centimetres high and 225 metres long. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Grandson: ^{[13] [14]}

• Regio: rush-hour service between Yverdon-les-Bains and Neuchâtel.
• RER Vaud R1 / R2 : half-hourly service to Lausanne, continuing to Cully on weekdays.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 29. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Réseau de lignes Grandson / Gorgier" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
3. "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Grandson, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024– via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. Tanner, Olivier. "Jurasüdfusslinie Biel/Bienne – Lausanne • Schienenverkehr-Schweiz.ch". www.schienenverkehr-schweiz.ch (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
6. "Concise". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
7. "Grandson la gare 1901". notrehistoire.ch (in French). 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
8. Frédéric Ravussin (1 July 2015). "La gare de Grandson reprendra vie en décembre". 24 heures (in French). ISSN   1424-4039 . Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. Yan Pauchard (30 November 2015). "Grandson a gagné la bataille de la demi-heure". La Région (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
10. Vincent Maendly (16 June 2014). "Les CFF préparent l'arrivée du RER vaudois en gare de Grandson". 24 heures (in French). ISSN   1424-4039 . Retrieved 30 July 2024.
11. "Grandson, RER Vaud - Gare". aggloY (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
12. "EXPOSE DES MOTIFS ET PROJET DE DECRET accordant au Conseil d'Etat un crédit de CHF 3'300'000 pour l'octroi de prêts conditionnellement remboursables à CFF SA destinés à financer la construction d'un nouveau quai à la gare de Grandson pour le Réseau Express Régional (RER) Vaud" (PDF). www.vd.ch (in French). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
13. "Lausanne - Yverdon-les-Bains - Neuchâtel - Biel/Bienne (RER Vaud, - lignes R1, R2)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
14. "Départ: Gare de Grandson" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

External links

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