Giubiasco railway station

Giubiasco railway station (Italian: Stazione di Giubiasco) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Giubiasco. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano, and is the junction point with the Luino–Bellinzona railway that has a branch to Locarno.[1][4]

Giubiasco
A Flirt unit of TILO in the station in 2012
LocationViale Stazione
Giubiasco
Switzerland
Coordinates46°10′25.788″N 9°0′12.870″E
Elevation230 m (750 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance154.0 km (95.7 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms4
Train operatorsTreni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
ConnectionsAutopostale bus services
Other information
Fare zone200 (arcobaleno)[2]
Passengers
20188,100 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station TILO Following station
Bellinzona
towards Airolo
 RegioExpress
RE10
 Lugano
towards Milano Centrale
Bellinzona
Terminus
 S10 Rivera-Bironico
towards Como San Giovanni
Bellinzona
towards Biasca
 S20 Sant'Antonino
towards Locarno
Bellinzona
Terminus
 S50 Rivera-Bironico
towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2
Location

To the south of Giubiasco station, the Gotthard railway's main line commences its climb to the Monte Ceneri Tunnel under the Monte Ceneri Pass, leaving the valley of the Ticino river that it has followed since it left the Gotthard Tunnel, and heading for Lake Lugano. The steep line over Monte Ceneri is not suitable for high-speed rail or heavy freight trains which take the Ceneri Base Tunnel (opened in December 2020) direct to Lugano.[4][5][6]

As a major junction station, Giubiasca has two island platforms serving four platform tracks, together with a number of freight tracks. However, all long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping, serving instead Bellinzona station, one stop to the north.

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Giubiasco:[7][8]

  • The station looking south with Monte Ceneri in the background
  • The station and station buildings looking north

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  5. "Ceneri Base Tunnel: Blast-driving the main tunnel from Sigirino begins". AlpTransit Gotthard AG. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  6. "Aperta ai treni la Galleria di base del Monte Ceneri". TVSvizzera (in Italian). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. "Biasca - Bellinzona - Locarno" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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