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Landquart railway station (‹See Tfd›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.

Landquart

Landquart station building

General information

Location

Bahnhofplatz 1
Landquart
Switzerland

Coordinates

46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E / 46.96744000°N 9.55402111°E

Elevation

523 m (1,716 ft)

Owned by

Line(s)

Distance

12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans^[1]

Platforms

2 island platforms
2 side platforms

Tracks

Train operators

Connections

PostAuto Schweiz buses^[2]

History

Opened

1858; 166 years ago

Passengers

2018

13,900 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	Chur Terminus
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
Terminus		RE 24	Schiers towards Davos Platz or Scuol-Tarasp
Preceding station	DB Fernverkehr		Following station
Sargans towards Hamburg-Altona		ICE 12	Chur Terminus
Sargans towards Hamburg-Altona		ICE 20	Chur Terminus
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	Malans towards Schiers

Location

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]

Platforms 1–4: Swiss Federal Railways platforms

Platforms 5–8: Rhaetian Railway platforms

The following long-distance services call at Landquart:^[6]

Intercity Express:
- ICE 20 Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Hamburg and Chur.
InterCity:
- Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line from Basel SBB or Zürich HB to Chur.

The following regional services call at Landquart:^[6]

InterRegio:
- Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur, via St. Gallen.
- Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Bern and Chur, via Zürich HB.
RegioExpress:
- RE 13/RE 24 Half-hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz and hourly service to St. Moritz and Scuol-Tarasp.

Landquart is served by three S-Bahn lines:^[6]

Chur S-Bahn S1 / S2: half-hourly service between Rhäzüns and Schiers and hourly service to Thusis.
St. Gallen S-Bahn S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Sargans and Chur.

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

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Landquart railway station – SBB
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