Landquart railway station
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 1 Landquart Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E / 46.96744000°N 9.55402111°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 523 m (1,716 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 13,900 per weekday[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Landquart railway station (German: Bahnhof Landquart) is a major railway station in the municipality of Landquart, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Swiss Federal Railways Chur–Rorschach line and the junction of the Landquart–Davos Platz and Landquart–Thusis lines of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] It is served by long-distance, local, and regional trains.
There are trains to Zürich and beyond in the north and services to Chur and Disentis/Mustér in the south. In addition, there are connecting services to Klosters, Davos and Scuol in the east.
There are currently six tracks in use at the station. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are served by SBB and tracks 5, 6 and 8 are served by RhB.[4]
Landquart station is the start of the Prättigauer Höhenweg, a multi-day hiking trail that leads to Klosters.[5]
Services
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Long-distance
[edit]The following long-distance services call at Landquart:[6]
- Intercity Express:
- ICE 20 Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Hamburg and Chur.
- InterCity:
Regional
[edit]The following regional services call at Landquart:[6]
- InterRegio:
Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur, via St. Gallen.
Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Bern and Chur, via Zürich HB.
- RegioExpress:
- RE 13/RE 24 Half-hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz and hourly service to St. Moritz and Scuol-Tarasp.
Local
[edit]Landquart is served by three S-Bahn lines:[6]
- Chur S-Bahn S1 / S2: half-hourly service between Rhäzüns and Schiers and hourly service to Thusis.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Sargans and Chur.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ^ a b c "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Landquart railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Landquart railway station – SBB
- Landquart railway station – Rhaetian Railway
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