Landquart railway station

Landquart
Boxy and gray three-story building
Landquart station building
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 1
Landquart
Switzerland
Coordinates46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E / 46.96744000°N 9.55402111°E / 46.96744000; 9.55402111
Elevation523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned by
Line(s)
Distance12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms
Tracks6
Train operators
ConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
History
Opened1858; 166 years ago (1858)
Passengers
201813,900 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
Map

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b 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.