Chêne-Bourg railway station

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Chêne-Bourg
Underground double-track railway line with side platforms
The station platforms in 2020
LocationChêne-Bourg
Switzerland
Coordinates46°11′47.760″N 6°11′50.399″E / 46.19660000°N 6.19733306°E / 46.19660000; 6.19733306Coordinates: 46°11′47.760″N 6°11′50.399″E / 46.19660000°N 6.19733306°E / 46.19660000; 6.19733306
Elevation414 m (1,358 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Connectionstpg buses[1]
Other information
Fare zone10 (unireso)[2]
History
Opened15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)
Services
Preceding station Léman Express Following station
Annemasse
towards
L1 Genève-Eaux-Vives
towards Coppet
Annemasse
towards Annecy
 L2
Annemasse
towards Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
 L3
Annemasse
Terminus
 L4
Location
Chêne-Bourg is located in Switzerland
Chêne-Bourg
Chêne-Bourg
Location within Switzerland

Chêne-Bourg railway station (French: Gare de Chêne-Bourg) is a railway station in the municipality of Chêne-Bourg, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge CEVA orbital railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.

History[]

The original station opened on 27 May 1888, on the  [fr] between Genève-Eaux-Vives and Annemasse.[3] The station closed in 1987 in favor of the newly opened station at ; this was done so that customs control could be centralized at Genève-Eaux-Vives. The station building was preserved, and re-opened from 2011–2013 to handle TER services after construction on the new CEVA orbital railway line led to the closure of Genève-Eaux-Vives.[4]

As part of the CEVA project, a new underground station was built at Chêne-Bourg; the original station building was moved about 40 metres (130 ft) but remains standing. The new station opened on 15 December 2019.

Services[]

The following services stop at Chêne-Bourg:[5]

  • Léman Express L1/L2/L3/L4: service every fifteen minutes between Coppet and Annemasse; from Annemasse every hour to Annecy, and every two hours to and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Plan tpg multimodal" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Frommel & Arikok 2004, pp. 200–231.
  4. ^ Dethurens, Chloé (25 October 2011). "La gare de Chêne-Bourg va rouvrir". Tribune de Genève (in French). Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Annemasse - Genève - Coppet" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

References[]

  • Frommel, Bénédict; Arikok, Enis (2004). Les chemins de fer du Canton de Genève: étude historique, 1840-1960 (in French). Geneva: Service des monuments et sites. OCLC 604066418.

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