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 Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel.[1][5]

Airolo
Airolo station building and platforms
LocationViale Stazione
Airolo
Switzerland
Coordinates46°31′39.094″N 8°36′31.032″E
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
 InterRegio
IR 26
 Ambrì-Piotta
towards Locarno
Göschenen
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 InterRegio
IR 46
Preceding station TILO Following station
Terminus RegioExpress
RE10
Limited service
 Ambrì-Piotta
towards Milano Centrale
Location

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

As of the December 2020 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]

  • The yoghurt factory on the platform
  • Entrance to the Gotthard tunnel
  • Entrance of station building

References
  1. 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. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 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. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 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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