Mendrisio railway station

Mendrisio
Two-story building with three-story turrets
The station building in 2012
General information
LocationMendrisio
Switzerland
Coordinates45°52′8.879″N 8°58′42.992″E / 45.86913306°N 8.97860889°E / 45.86913306; 8.97860889
Elevation328 m (1,076 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance198.7 km (123.5 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operatorsTreni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
ConnectionsAutopostale and local buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone150 (arcobaleno)[3]
History
Opened6 December 1874 (1874-12-06)
Electrified6 February 1922 (1922-02-06)
Passengers
20188,000 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station TILO Following station
Lugano-Paradiso
towards Locarno
RE80 Chiasso
Mendrisio San Martino
towards Airolo
S10 Balerna
S50 Stabio
Stabio
towards Varese
S40 Balerna
Mendrisio San Martino
towards Giubiasco
S90 Terminus
Location
Map

Mendrisio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Mendrisio) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Mendrisio. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and is also the junction for the Mendrisio–Varese line, formerly freight-only, but which was rebuilt as an international connection to Varese.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Mendrisiotto" (PDF) (in Italian). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  6. ^ "La FMV in breve" [The FMV in brief] (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino Dipartimento del Territorio. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2012-07-31.