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.
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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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History
editThe 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
editMinusio has two 291-metre (955 ft) long side platforms.[4] Both are reached by ramps and are fully accessible.[3]
Services
editAs 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- SBB project page (in Italian)