Bellinzona railway

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Bellinzona

The station building in 2006

Location Viale Stazione 36

Bellinzona

Switzerland

Coordinates
46°11′43.584″N 9°1′46.218″E

Coordinates: 46°11′43.584″N
9°1′46.218″E
Elevation 241 m (791 ft)

Owned by Swiss Federal Railways

Line(s) Gotthard line

Distance 150.9 km (93.8 mi) from

[1]
Immensee

Platforms 3

Tracks 7

Train ● Südostbahn
operators ● Swiss Federal Railways
● Treni Regionali Ticino
Lombardia

Connections Autopostale bus services

Other information

Fare zone 20/200 (Arcobaleno)

History

Opened 6 December 1874

Electrified 29 May 1921

Passengers

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16,900 per working day

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Location
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Bellinzona railway station (Italian: Stazione di Bellinzona) serves the town of Bellinzona, in
[1]
the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard line. The

station is nicknamed Porta del Ticino ("Gate of Ticino") since the opening of the Gotthard
[3]
Base Tunnel in 2016.

Contents

● 1
● History
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● 2
● Facilities
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● 3
● Services
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● 4
● See also
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● 5
● Notes
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● 6
● References
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● 7
● External links
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History[edit]
The station was opened in 1874, as part of the opening of the Ticino valley railway, with its
Biasca – Bellinzona – Lugano – Chiasso line, and its Bellinzona – Locarno line. In 1882, upon
the opening of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel, and the related commencement of services on the
line from Airolo to Biasca, Bellinzona was connected with the north, and with
German-speaking Switzerland.

In 2008, the SBB Cargo facility at Bellinzona hit the headlines, when its workers went on
[4]
strike, after SBB Cargo had prescribed rigorous reduction measures for the site.

With the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016, travel times from Lucerne to
[5]
Bellinzona fell by 45 minutes. The opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel in December 2020
[6]
reduced travel times from Bellinzona to Lugano by 15 minutes.

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The station at the opening of the Gotthard line in 1882
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2017 Arriving train on the same track as in 1882

Facilities[edit]
The station has five through platform tracks, served by a side platform and two island
platforms, connected by both a pedestrian subway and a footbridge. There are also transit
and overtaking tracks for goods trains.

The station building is on the side platform, and is flanked at each end of the station by two
terminal platform tracks; the terminal track to the south is in occasional use by terminating
passenger trains, but the one to the north is normally used to stable the Bellinzona tunnel
rescue train.