Ponte Tresa railway station
Ponte Tresa is a railway station in the municipality of Ponte Tresa in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), from Lugano.[1][2]
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 Ponte Tresa railway station | |||||||||||
| Location | Piazzale Stazione, Ponte Tresa, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45.969749°N 8.859999°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 276 m (906 ft) AMSL[1] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Lugano FLP[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Autopostale bus services SNL boat services (5 minute walk) | ||||||||||
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  Ponte Tresa railway station (Switzerland) | |||||||||||
The station is served by FLP trains on line S60 of the Ticino rapid transit network, which operate every 15 minutes between Lugano and Ponte Tresa, with trains every 30 minutes at weekends and evenings.[3]
Autopostale buses connect the station to Luino, Monteggio and Novaggio. In summer the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) operates a boat service to and from Lugano from a landing stage five minutes walk from the station.[4]
The station has two platform tracks, plus two additional sidings, under a concrete roof with car parking above.
Gallery
Roadside track approaching the station
Autopostale bus at the station
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- "Lugano–Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
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