Ambrì-Piotta railway station
Ambrì-Piotta railway station (Italian: Stazione di Ambrì-Piotta) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of Ambrì and Piotta. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.[1][5][6]
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| Location | Quinto Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°30′38.750″N 8°41′23.741″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 988 m (3,241 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 93.0 km (57.8 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Autopostale bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 244 (arcobaleno)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 130 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Services
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Ambrì-Piotta:[7]
- InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- RegioExpress: two trains per day to Chiasso; one train continues to Milano Centrale.
The station is also served by an hourly Autopostale bus service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line.[8]
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Liniennetz Alta Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- "Quinto TI, Switzerland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Ambrì-Piotta train station at Wikimedia Commons- Ambrì-Piotta railway station – SBB
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