Filisur railway station

Filisur railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Filisur, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Albula and Davos Platz–Filisur lines of the Rhaetian Railway.^[1] Hourly services operate on both lines.

Filisur
A Rhaetian Railway train at platform 2 of the station in 2007
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Filisur Switzerland
Coordinates	46°40′31.188″N 9°40′56.244″E
Elevation	1,080 m (3,540 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Albula line Davos Platz–Filisur line
Distance	64.4 km (40.0 mi) from Landquart (via Albula) 69.3 km (43.1 mi) from Landquart (via Davos Platz) [1]
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Train operators	Glacier Express Rhaetian Railway
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
History
Opened	1 July 1903 (1903-07-01)
Electrified	20 April 1919 (1919-04-20)
Passengers
2018	1,300 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Bergün/Bravuogn towards Tirano Bernina Express Tiefencastel towards Chur Bergün/Bravuogn towards St. Moritz IR 38 Terminus R 11 Davos Wiesen towards Davos Platz Preceding station Glacier Express Following station Samedan towards St. Moritz Glacier Express Tiefencastel towards Zermatt
Location

Filisur station from above

There are currently three platforms in use at Filisur station. From the direction of Chur, the line passes through Thusis and Tiefencastel. It then crosses two of the Rhaetian Railway's major railway bridges before arriving in Filisur: the Schmittentobel Viaduct, and the Landwasser Viaduct. On the Davos to Filisur line, trains from Davos similarly cross the Wiesen Viaduct just before entering Filisur.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Filisur:^[4][5]

• Glacier Express: Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
• Bernina Express: Several round-trips per day between Chur and Tirano.
• InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
• Regio: hourly service to Davos Platz.

Gallery of nearby bridges

• 
  Schmittentobel Viaduct
• 
  Landwasser Viaduct
• 
  Wiesen Viaduct

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Chur/Mittelbünden" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
4. "Davos - Filisur" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
5. "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Filisur railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Filisur railway station – Rhaetian Railway
• Webcam overlooking the Filisur station platforms (in German)