Ponte Tresa railway station

Ponte Tresa
Ponte Tresa
	The station in 2012
Location	Ponte Tresa; Switzerland
Coordinates	45°58′11.989″N 8°51′37.728″E / 45.96999694°N 8.86048000°ECoordinates: 45°58′11.989″N 8°51′37.728″E / 45.96999694°N 8.86048000°E
Elevation	276 m (906 ft) AMSL
Owned by	Ferrovie Luganesi
Line(s)	Lugano–Ponte Tresa line
Distance	12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Lugano FLP
Platforms	2
Train operators	Ferrovie Luganesi
Connections	Autopostale bus services; SNL boat services (5 minute walk);
Services
Location
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Ponte Tresa railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Ponte Tresa in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), from Lugano.^[1]^[2]

The station is served by FLP trains on line S60 of the Ticino rapid transit network, which operate every 15 minutes between Lugano and Ponte Tresa, with trains every 30 minutes at weekends and evenings.^[3]

Autopostale buses connect the station to Luino, Monteggio and Novaggio. In summer the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) operates a boat service to and from Lugano from a landing stage five minutes walk from the station.^[4]

The station has two platform tracks, plus two additional sidings, under a concrete roof with car parking above.

Gallery[]

Roadside track approaching the station
Autopostale bus at the station

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
^ "Lugano–Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
^ "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

External links[]

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[saw-1] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[2] map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

[ttlpt-3] "Lugano–Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-10-23.

[dstm-4] "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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