Biasca railway station

Biasca
Biasca
	The frontage of Biasca railway station, with Autolinee Bleniesi and Autopostale buses
Location	Via Bellinzona,; Biasca,; Canton of Ticino,; Switzerland
Coordinates	46.35183°N 8.974435°E
Elevation	292 m (958 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by	Swiss Federal Railways; Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Line(s)	Gotthard railway
Distance	131.8 km (81.9 mi) from Immensee[1]
Connections	Autolinee Bleniesi bus services; Autopostale bus services
Services
	Bellinzona toward Locarno
Location
	Biasca railway station (Switzerland)

Biasca is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Biasca. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the foot of the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.[1][2]

The station is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Arth-Goldau and Locarno, most of which start from either Basel SBB or Zürich HB. It is also served by trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operates hourly south of Biasca to Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, with a few trains extending northwards to Airolo and southwards to Milan.[3][4]

The line through the Gotthard Base Tunnel diverges from the existing line to the south of Biasca station (but before Osogna), passing on the surface to the west of the town before entering the tunnel proper at Bodio.[1]

Between 1906 and 1973, Biasca was the junction for the metre gauge Biasca–Acquarossa railway to Acquarossa in the Valle di Blenio. Today it is served by buses of the Autopostale, who operate an hourly service from Bellinzona to Airolo that parallels the Gotthard railway, and Autolinee Bleniesi, who provide service to the Valle di Blenio.[1][5]

Gallery

Station platforms with a terminating S10 laying over
Station yard with waterfall

References

Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
"Partenza Stazione di Biasca" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
"Airolo–Chiasso–Albate-Camerlata (Ferrovia Regionale TILO-Linea S10)" (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
"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.

External links

Media related to Biasca railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Biasca station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site

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[saw-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.

[dep-3] "Partenza Stazione di Biasca" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

[acac-4] "Airolo–Chiasso–Albate-Camerlata (Ferrovia Regionale TILO-Linea S10)" (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

[dstm-5] "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.