Sion railway station (Switzerland)

Sion railway station (French: Gare de Sion, German: Bahnhof Sitten) is a railway station in the municipality of Sion, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.^[1]

Sion
The station building in 2008
General information
Location	Sion Switzerland
Coordinates	46°13′39.191″N 7°21′33.109″E
Elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Simplon line
Distance	92.4 km (57.4 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	3 1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	CarPostal SA bus lines Theytaz Excursions bus lines Bus Sédunois bus lines[2]
Construction
Parking	167
Bicycle facilities	344
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8501506 (SIO)
Passengers
2023	14'900 per weekday[3] (RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Montreux towards Genève-Cornavin EuroCity Brig towards Milano Centrale or Venezia Santa Lucia Martigny towards Geneva Airport IR 90 Sierre/Siders towards Brig Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Châteauneuf-Conthey towards Monthey or St-Gingolph R91 St-Léonard towards Brig
Location

Services

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

• EuroCity: four trains per day between Genève-Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
• Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 44. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
2. "Réseau de lignes Sion" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
3. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Sion, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
4. "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
5. "Départ: Gare de Sion" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to Sion railway station (Switzerland) at Wikimedia Commons
• Sion railway station (Switzerland) – SBB
• Sion railway station (Switzerland) – RegionAlps (in French)