Lugano railway station

Lugano
Three-story building with hip roof and two-story wings
The station building in 2017
General information
LocationPiazzale della Stazione
Lugano
Switzerland
Coordinates46°0′19.8″N 8°56′48.8″E / 46.005500°N 8.946889°E / 46.005500; 8.946889
Elevation335 m (1,099 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Distance180.5 km (112.2 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms4
Tracks4
Train operators
Connections
Other information
Fare zone10/100 (Arcobaleno)
History
Opened6 December 1874 (1874-12-06)
Electrified6 February 1922 (1922-02-06)
Passengers
201818,600 per working day[2]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Bellinzona EuroCity Chiasso
Bellinzona Chiasso
Bellinzona IC 2 Terminus
Bellinzona
towards Basel SBB
IC 21
Preceding station TILO Following station
Sant'Antonino
towards Locarno
RE80 Lugano-Paradiso
Giubiasco
towards Airolo
S10 Lugano-Paradiso
S50 Lugano-Paradiso
Lamone-Cadempino
towards Giubiasco
S90 Lugano-Paradiso
towards Mendrisio
Location
Map

Lugano railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lugano) is the main railway station of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is on the Gotthard railway and is also the terminus of the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular. The metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway (FLP) has a separate station at Lugano FLP railway station across the station forecourt from the main line station.[1][3]

The station is situated on a hillside to the west of the city centre, overlooking the city and Lake Lugano, and the funicular provides a direct link from the station to the city centre below. The residential quarter of Besso lies above and to the west of the station.[4] The station is nicknamed Terrazza del Ticino ("Terrace of Ticino") since the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ Moser, Beat; Pfeiffer, Peter (2004). SBB Gotthardbahn (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-121-8.
  4. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  5. ^ "Lavori in corso alla porta che ci conduce al futuro". gdp.ch. Giornale del Popolo. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.