Geneva Airport railway station

Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.^[5] It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.^[1]

Geneva Airport
An InterCity train departing from the station
General information
Location	Grand-Saconnex Switzerland
Coordinates	46°13′57.0″N 6°6′43.2″E
Elevation	411 m (1,348 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lausanne–Geneva line
Distance	66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	tpg[2]
Trolleybus	tpg trolleybus
Bus	tpg buses Geneva International Airport
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	290
Bicycle facilities	180
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8501026 (GEAP)
IATA code	GVA
Fare zone	10 (unireso)[3]
History
Opened	1987 (1987)
Passengers
2023	14'600 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Rank	60 out of 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Terminus IC 1 Genève-Cornavin towards St. Gallen IC 5 Genève-Cornavin towards Rorschach IR 15 Genève-Cornavin towards Lucerne IR 90 Genève-Cornavin towards Brig RE33 Genève-Cornavin towards St-Maurice
Location

The station is 250 metres (820 ft) away from the airport terminal via a covered walkway, and very close to the Palexpo fairground.

Services

The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6/7 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig):^[6][7]

• InterCity
  • (Hourly) to St. Gallen via Lausanne, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern , Zürich HB, Zürich Airport, and Winterthur.
  • (Hourly) to Rorschach via Morges, Yverdon-les-Bains, Neuchâtel, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Olten, Aarau, and Zürich HB.
• InterRegio
  • (Hourly) to Lucerne via Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Palézieux, Romont FR, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern, Zofingen, and Sursee.
  • (Half-hourly) to Brig via Nyon (only hourly), Morges (only hourly), Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, Aigle, St-Maurice (only hourly), Martigny, Sion, Sierre/Siders, Leuk (only hourly), and Visp.
• RegioExpress: on weekends, hourly service to St-Maurice.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Plan de réseau TG" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
3. "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Geneva, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Trafimage Bahnhofpläne".
6. "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, Lignes R5, R6)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
7. "Départ/Departure: Gare de/Station Genève-Aéroport" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

External links

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Switzerland portal

• Media related to Genève-Aéroport railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Geneva Airport railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Genève Aéroport)