Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station

Capolago-Riva San Vitale
Coordinates 45°54′10″N 08°58′44″E / 45.90278°N 8.97889°ECoordinates: 45°54′10″N 08°58′44″E / 45.90278°N 8.97889°E
Elevation 274 m (899 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO)
Monte Generoso railway (MG)
Line(s) Gotthard railway
Monte Generoso railway
Distance 194.6 km (120.9 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms 3 (main line)
1 (Monte Generoso railway)
Connections Autolinea Mendrisiense bus service
AutoPostale bus service
History
Opened December 6, 1874
Electrified February 6, 1922
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
toward Airolo
TILO
S10
Mendrisio San Martino
toward Chiasso
Capolago Lago   Monte Generoso railway   San Nicolao
Location
Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station (Switzerland)

Capolago-Riva San Vitale is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is in the village of Capolago, part of the municipality of Mendrisio, but, as its name suggests, also serves the adjoining municipality of Riva San Vitale. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and on the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway to the summit of Monte Generoso.[1][2]

The station is served by the following passenger trains:[3][4]

Operator Train Type Route Typical Frequency Notes
Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia S10 Biasca - Castione-Arbedo - Bellinzona - Giubiasco - Rivera-Bironico - Mezzovico - Taverne-Torricella - Lamone-Cadempino - Lugano - Lugano-Paradiso - Melide - Maroggia-Melano - Capolago-Riva San Vitale - Mendrisio San Martino - Mendrisio - Balerna - Chiasso 2 per hour; 1 per hour beyond Castione-Arbedo and Chiasso A few trains extend to Airolo and Milan
Monte Generoso railway (Capolago Lago) - Capolago-Riva San Vitale - San Nicolao - Bellavista - Generoso Vetta 9 per day; 1 to/from Capolago Lago Operates in summer only

The station features three platforms on the Gotthardbahn, whilst the Monte Generoso trains stop at a streetside location in front of the station. The single track to Monte Generoso leaves the station to the south, immediately climbing to a flyover over the main line, and also continues to the north serving the railway's car shed, workshops, and lakeside terminal stop.[1]

Buses of the Autolinea Mendrisiense and AutoPostale serve stops outside the station, providing links to Arogno, Brusino, Melano, Mendrisio, Porto Ceresio, Riva San Vitale and Rovio.[5]

Until 1948, the street outside the station contained not only the 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge tracks of the Monte Generoso railway, but also the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge tracks of the Mendrisio electric tramway, which linked Chiasso with Riva San Vitale via Mendrisio and Capolago.[1]

Gallery

S10 train in main line platform 
Monte Generoso trains at their stop in front of the station 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Capolago–Generoso" (PDF). Ufficio federale dei trasporti. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  4. ↑ "Airolo–Chiasso–Albate-Camerlata" (PDF). Ufficio federale dei trasporti. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici" [Network diagram - Public transport] (in Italian). Canton of Ticino. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

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