Tirano | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Piazzale Stazione Tirano Italy | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°12′54.576″N10°10′0.300″E / 46.21516000°N 10.16675000°E | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Bernina line | |||||||||||||||||
Distance | 60.7 km (37.7 mi) from St. Moritz [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | AutoPostale buses [2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1 July 1908 | |||||||||||||||||
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Tirano railway station is one of two stations in Tirano, Italy. It is the southern terminus of the metre gauge Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz. [1] Hourly services operate on this line. It is adjacent to the main-line Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Tirano railway station.
As of the December 2023 timetable change, [update] the following services stop at Tirano: [3]
The Rhaetian Railway, abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB operates all the railway lines of the Swiss canton of Grisons, except for the line from Sargans to the cantonal capital, Chur, which are operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), as well as the line from Disentis/Mustér to the Oberalp Pass and further on to Andermatt, Uri, which is operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB). Inaugurated in 1888 and expanded from 1896 onwards in various sections, the RhB network is located almost entirely within Grisons, with one station across the Italian border at Tirano.
The Bernina railway line is a single-track 1,000 mmmetre gauge railway line forming part of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass. Reaching a height of 2,253 metres (7,392 ft) above sea level, it is the highest railway crossing in Europe and the third-highest railway in Switzerland. It also ranks as the highest adhesion railway of the continent, and – with inclines of up to 7% – as one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world. The elevation difference on the section between the Bernina Pass and Tirano is 1,824 m (5,984 ft), allowing passengers to view glaciers along the line.
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