Landquart railway station

Landquart railway station (German: Bahnhof Landquart) is a major railway station in the municipality of Landquart, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Swiss Federal Railways Chur–Rorschach line and the junction of the Landquart–Davos Platz and Landquart–Thusis lines of the Rhaetian Railway.^[1] It is served by long-distance, local, and regional trains.

Landquart
Landquart station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz 1 Landquart Switzerland
Coordinates	46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E
Elevation	523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Landquart–Davos Platz line Landquart–Thusis line
Distance	12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	2 island platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	Rhaetian Railway THURBO Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
History
Opened	1858; 166 years ago (1858)
Passengers
2018	13,900 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Sargans towards Basel SBB IC 3 Chur Terminus Bad Ragaz towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 13 Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Bad Ragaz towards Bern IR 35 Aare Linth Chur Terminus Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Terminus RE 13 Schiers towards Davos Platz or St. Moritz RE 24 Schiers towards Davos Platz or Scuol-Tarasp Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Sargans towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 12 Chur Terminus ICE 20 Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Maienfeld towards Sargans S12 Chur Terminus Preceding station Chur S-Bahn Following station Landquart Ried towards Thusis S1 Malans towards Schiers Landquart Ried towards Rhäzüns S2
Location

There are trains to Zürich and beyond in the north and services to Chur and Disentis/Mustér in the south. In addition, there are connecting services to Klosters, Davos and Scuol in the east.

There are currently six tracks in use at the station. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are served by SBB and tracks 5, 6 and 8 are served by RhB.^[4]

Landquart station is the start of the Prättigauer Höhenweg, a multi-day hiking trail that leads to Klosters.^[5]

Services

Platforms 1–4: Swiss Federal Railways platforms

Platforms 5–8: Rhaetian Railway platforms

Long-distance

The following long-distance services call at Landquart:^[6]

• Intercity Express:
  • ICE 20 Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Hamburg and Chur.
• InterCity:
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line from Basel SBB or Zürich HB to Chur.

Regional

The following regional services call at Landquart:^[6]

• InterRegio:
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur, via St. Gallen.
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Bern and Chur, via Zürich HB.
• RegioExpress:
  • RE 13/RE 24 Half-hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz and hourly service to St. Moritz and Scuol-Tarasp.

Local

Landquart is served by three S-Bahn lines:^[6]

• Chur S-Bahn S1 / S2: half-hourly service between Rhäzüns and Schiers and hourly service to Thusis.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Sargans and Chur.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
4. "Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
5. "72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
6. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Landquart railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Landquart railway station – SBB
• Landquart railway station – Rhaetian Railway