Minusio railway station
Minusio | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Minusio Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°10′25.97″N 8°49′9.37″E / 46.1738806°N 8.8192694°E | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Giubiasco–Locarno line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 170.5 km (105.9 mi) from Immensee | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 300 (arcobaleno) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 December 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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Minusio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Minusio) is a railway station in the municipality of Minusio, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways.
History
The new station was built at a cost of SFr 24.7 million, split between Minusio, the canton of Ticino, and the federal government. Much of the expenditure was for a new crossover near the station. The station was inaugurated on 5 December 2023, and began serving passengers with the timetable change that December 10.[3]
Layout
Minusio has two 291-metre (955 ft) long side platforms.[4] Both are reached by ramps and are fully accessible.[3]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Minusio:[5]
- RE80: half-hourly service between Locarno and Chiasso and hourly service to Milano Centrale.
- S20: half-hourly service between Locarno and Castione-Arbedo.
References
- ^ "Line (Operation Points)". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b Zanoli, Filippo (5 December 2023). "Ecco la nuova stazione ferroviaria di Minusio". Ticinonline (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Castione - Bellinzona - Locarno (TILO-Linea S20) | (Milano-) Lugano - Locarno (TILO-Linea RE80)" (PDF) (in Italian). Swiss Federal Railways. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
External links
- SBB project page (in Italian)