Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station

Capolago-Riva San Vitale
Two-story building with gabled roof
The station in 2017
General information
LocationStr. Nuova
Capolago
Switzerland
Coordinates45°54′10.307″N 8°58′44.036″E / 45.90286306°N 8.97889889°E / 45.90286306; 8.97889889
Elevation274 m (899 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance194.6 km (120.9 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms4
Train operators
ConnectionsAutopostale
History
Opened6 December 1874 (1874-12-06)
Electrified6 February 1922 (1922-02-06)
Services
Preceding station TILO Following station
Maroggia-Melano
towards Airolo
S10 Mendrisio San Martino
S50 Mendrisio San Martino
Maroggia-Melano
towards Giubiasco
S90 Mendrisio San Martino
towards Mendrisio
Preceding station Ferrovia Monte Generoso Following station
Capolago Lago
Terminus
Monte Generoso line San Nicolao
Location
Map

Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station (Italian: Stazione di 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 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] Until 1948, the street outside the station contained not only the 800 mm (2 ft 7+12 in) gauge tracks of the Monte Generoso railway, but also the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge tracks of the Mendrisio electric tramway, which linked Chiasso with Riva San Vitale via Mendrisio and Capolago.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.