Langwies GR railway station

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Langwies GR
Three-story chalet-style building
The station building and main platform in 2010
General information
LocationArosa
Switzerland
Coordinates46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E / 46.819332000; 9.707129500Coordinates: 46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E / 46.819332000; 9.707129500
Elevation1,317 m (4,321 ft)
Owned byRhaetian Railway
Line(s)Chur–Arosa line
Distance17.900 kilometres (11.123 mi) from Chur
Platforms2
Train operatorsRhaetian Railway
ConnectionsLocal buses
History
Opened12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station
Peist
towards Chur
 Regio
 Litzirüti
towards Arosa
Location
Langwies GR is located in Switzerland
Langwies GR
Langwies GR
Location within Switzerland

Langwies GR railway station, often just Langweis railway station, is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated in Langwies, lower down the hillside from the centre of the village. A minor level crossing straddles the tracks at the station.

Viaducts[]

Two notable railway viaducts (or bridges) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the Gründjitobel Viaduct (or Gründjitobel Bridge; German: Gründjitobel-Viadukt) which is 145m long, and a short distance up the line is the Langwieser Viaduct (or Langwies Viaduct; German: Langwieser Viadukt).

The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1] It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering reinforced concrete structure.

Services[]

The following services stop at Langwies GR:[2]

  • Regio: hourly service between Chur and Arosa.

Gallery[]

  • The station and its tracks, looking down the line

  • A train approaches the station - note the level crossing

  • A train runs through Langwies

  • Langwieser Viaduct

  • Langwies station, looking up the line

  • Another view of the Viaduct

References[]

  1. ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 27-Oct-2009
  2. ^ "Chur - Arosa" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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