Bernina Lagalb railway station

Bernina Lagalb railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Pontresina, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway.^[1][4]

Bernina Lagalb
A train at the station in 2007
General information
Location	Pontresina Switzerland
Coordinates	46°26′11.796″N 9°59′30.948″E
Elevation	2,099 m (6,886 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Bernina line
Distance	17.9 km (11.1 mi) from St. Moritz[1]
Train operators	Rhaetian Railway
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Engadin Bus [de][2]
Other information
Fare zone	32 (Engadin Mobil)[2]
History
Opened	5 July 1910 (1910-07-05)
Passengers
2018	50 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Bernina Diavolezza towards St. Moritz RE 9 Ospizio Bernina towards Tirano R 19
Location

The station has three through tracks, only two of which are served by its two platforms and station building. The lower station of the cableway to Piz Lagalb is some 200 m (660 ft) away.^[1][4]

The station was opened in 1962, at the same time as the adjacent cable car. The station is situated on the lowest part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) deviation created in 1934, when the line as far as the Arlas Gallery was moved to the west side of the valley in order to avoid the risk of avalanches. Before that date, the line ran alongside the road and a memorial on the old route honours eight railway workers who lost their lives in an avalanche in 1920.^[5]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Bernina Lagalb:^[6]

• RegioExpress / Regio: hourly service between St. Moritz and Tirano.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Linien- und Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Engadin Bus. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
4. "Maps of Switzerland" (Map). map.geo.admin.ch. Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "Candidature UNESCO World Heritage - Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Cultural Landscape" (PDF). Rhaetian Railway. p. 73. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
6. "St. Moritz - Pontresina - Tirano" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Bernina Lagalb railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Bernina Lagalb railway station – Rhaetian Railway