Pontresina railway station

Pontresina railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Pontresina, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the Bernina and Samedan–Pontresina lines of the Rhaetian Railway.^[1][4]

Pontresina
Platforms 3 and 4 at the station in 2014
General information
Location	Via de la Staziun 7504 Pontresina Pontresina Switzerland
Coordinates	46°29′26.340″N 9°53′45.852″E
Elevation	1,773 m (5,817 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Bernina line Samedan–Pontresina line
Distance	103.0 km (64.0 mi) from Landquart 5.8 km (3.6 mi) from St. Moritz [1]
Train operators	Rhaetian Railway
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Engadin Bus [de][2]
Other information
Fare zone	30 (Engadin Mobil)[2]
History
Opened	1 July 1908 (1908-07-01)
Passengers
2018	1,800 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Bergün/Bravuogn towards Chur Bernina Express Bernina Diavolezza towards Tirano St. Moritz Terminus Punt Muragl Staz towards St. Moritz RE 9 Surovas towards Tirano R 19 Terminus R 15 Punt Muragl towards Scuol-Tarasp
Location

The station has a large station building and seven through tracks, numbered 1 to 7, but only three of these are served by platforms. A side platform adjacent to the station building serves track 1, whilst an island platform, accessed by a pedestrian subway, serves tracks 3 and 4. Adjacent to the station is a seven track depot building, responsible for maintaining the snow clearance equipment used on the Bernina line.^[1][4][5]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Pontresina:^[6][7]

• Bernina Express: Several round-trips per day between Chur or St. Moritz and Tirano.
• RegioExpress / Regio: hourly service between St. Moritz and Tirano.
• Regio: hourly service to Scuol-Tarasp.

Layout

The line from Samedan is electrified using the Rhaetian Railway's standard 11 kV AC, but the Bernina line uses its own 1000 V DC electrification, which introduces some complications into the operation of the station. Tracks 1 and 2 are electrified at 11 kV AC and used by trains from Samedan terminating at Pontresina. Tracks 4 to 7 are electrified at 1000 V DC and used by trains operating between St Moritz and Tirano over the Bernina line. Track 3 has a switchable overhead line and can be used by trains on either line, as well as trains operating through between the two lines, such as Bernina Express trains between Chur and Tirano.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 50. 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 7 August 2020.
4. "Maps of Switzerland" (Map). map.geo.admin.ch. Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. Huber, Florian (2016). "Die Werkstätten und Depotanlagen der Rhätischen Bahn" (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
6. "St. Moritz - Pontresina - Tirano" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
7. "Pontresina - Samedan - Scuol-Tarasp | St. Moritz - Samedan" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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