Airolo railway station

Airolo railway station 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][2]

Airolo
Airolo station building and platforms
LocationViale Stazione
Airolo
Switzerland
Coordinates46°31′41″N 8°36′32″E
Elevation1,142 m (3,747 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Train operators
ConnectionsAutopostale bus services
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Göschenen
towards Basel SBB
 InterRegio
IR 26
 Terminus
Göschenen
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 InterRegio
IR 46
Preceding station TILO Following station
Göschenen
towards Erstfeld
 RegioExpress
RE10
 Ambrì-Piotta
towards Milano Centrale
Terminus S20 Ambrì-Piotta
towards Locarno
Location
Airolo
Location within Switzerland
Airolo
Airolo (Canton of Ticino)

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

The following services stop at Airolo:[3]

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.[4]

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

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  3. "Erstfeld - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "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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