Castione-Arbedo railway station

Castione-Arbedo railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Arbedo-Castione. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Biasca and Bellinzona.^[1][4]

Castione-Arbedo
Castione-Arbedo station in 1977, with BM track and train in the foreground
General information
Location	Via Stazione Arbedo-Castione Switzerland
Coordinates	46°13′22.4″N 9°2′29.4″E
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line Bellinzona–Mesocco line (closed)
Distance	147.3 km (91.5 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale bus services
Other information
Fare zone	200 and 210 (arcobaleno)[2]
Passengers
2018	1,000 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Biasca towards Basel SBB IR 26 Bellinzona towards Locarno Biasca towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 46 Preceding station TILO Following station Biasca towards Airolo S10 Bellinzona towards Como San Giovanni S50 Bellinzona towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2 Terminus S20 Bellinzona towards Locarno
Location

From 1907, Castione-Arbedo station was the principal interchange point between the Gotthard railway and the Bellinzona–Mesocco railway (BM), a metre gauge railway linking Bellinzona and various communities in the Val Mesolcina as far as Mesocco. The line closed to passenger traffic in 1972, and to freight traffic in 2003, but the section north as far as Cama, operated as the Ferrovia Mesolcinese tourist line until its final closure in 2013.^[1][5]

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Castione-Arbedo:^[6]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• S10 / S50: half-hourly service to Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2. One train per day continues to Airolo.
• S20: half-hourly service to Locarno.

The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line.^[7][8]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
5. "La ferrovia Bellinzona Mesocco è al capolinea. Forse". RSI Rete Uno (in Italian). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
6. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
7. "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
8. "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Castione-Arbedo railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Castione-Arbedo railway station – SBB