Pontresina railway station

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Pontresina
Red trains at island platform
Platforms 3 and 4 at the station in 2014
LocationVia de la Staziun
7504 Pontresina
Pontresina
Switzerland
Coordinates46°29′26.340″N 9°53′45.852″E / 46.49065000°N 9.89607000°E / 46.49065000; 9.89607000Coordinates: 46°29′26.340″N 9°53′45.852″E / 46.49065000°N 9.89607000°E / 46.49065000; 9.89607000
Elevation1,773 m (5,817 ft)
Owned byRhaetian Railway
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Train operatorsRhaetian Railway
ConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz and  [de] buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone30 ()[2]
History
Opened1 July 1908 (1908-07-01)
Passengers
20181,800 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station
Bergün/Bravuogn
towards Chur
 Bernina Express Bernina Diavolezza
towards Tirano
St. Moritz
Terminus
Punt Muragl
towards Scuol-Tarasp
 Regio
 Terminus
Punt Muragl Staz
towards St. Moritz
 Regio
 Surovas
towards Tirano
Location
Pontresina is located in Switzerland
Pontresina
Pontresina
Location within Switzerland

Pontresina railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Pontresina, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the Bernina and Samedan–Pontresina lines of the Rhaetian Railway.[1][4]

The station has a large station building and seven through tracks, numbered 1 to 7, but only three of these are served by platforms. A side platform adjacent to the station building serves track 1, whilst an island platform, accessed by a pedestrian subway, serves tracks 3 and 4. Adjacent to the station is a seven track depot building, responsible for maintaining the snow clearance equipment used on the Bernina line.[1][4][5]

Frontage of Pontresina station
Pontresina station seen from above
ABe 8/12 Allegra at Pontresina

Services[]

The following services stop at Pontresina:[6][7]

The line from Samedan is electrified using the Rhaetian Railway's standard 11 kV AC, but the Bernina line uses its own 1000 V DC electrification, which introduces some complications into the operation of the station. Tracks 1 and 2 are electrified at 11 kV AC and used by trains from Samedan terminating at Pontresina. Tracks 4 to 7 are electrified at 1000 V DC and used by trains operating between St Moritz and Tirano over the Bernina line. Track 3 has a switchable overhead line and can be used by trains on either line, as well as trains operating through between the two lines, such as Bernina Express trains between Chur and Tirano.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 50. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ a b "Linien- und Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Engadin Bus. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Maps of Switzerland" (Map). map.geo.admin.ch. Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ Huber, Florian (2016). "Die Werkstätten und Depotanlagen der Rhätischen Bahn" (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ "St. Moritz - Pontresina - Tirano" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Pontresina - Samedan - Scuol-Tarasp" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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