St. Moritz railway station


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St. Moritz railway station is a railway station in the resort town of St. Moritz, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is the southern terminus of the Albula Railway line from Chur, and a northern terminus for the Bernina Railway line from Tirano in Italy.[1] The station also serves as a terminus for local bus and Postbus services.

St. Moritz

Wide four-story building with hip roof and clock tower

The station building in 2008

General information
LocationVia Grevas
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Coordinates46°29′52.69207″N 9°50′47.00378″E / 46.4979700194°N 9.8463899389°E
Elevation1,775 m (5,823 ft)
Owned byRhaetian Railway
Line(s)
Distance100.3 km (62.3 mi) from Landquart[1]
Platforms5
Train operators
ConnectionsBus interchange PostAuto Schweiz and Engadin Bus [de][2]
Other information
Fare zone10 (Engadin Mobil)[2]
History
Opened10 July 1904
Passengers
20183,300 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station
Terminus Bernina Express Pontresina

towards Tirano

IR 38 Celerina

towards Chur

RE 3 Celerina

towards Landquart

RE 9 Celerina Staz

towards Tirano

R 19
Preceding station Glacier Express Following station
Terminus Glacier Express Samedan

towards Zermatt

Location

Map

Hourly services operate on both the Albula and Bernina lines. Because these two lines operate with different types and levels of power supply, St Moritz is also a "Power supply switch" station (Systemwechselbahnhof).

The station is located at a height of 1,775 m (5,823 ft) above sea level and is the highest urban railway station in Switzerland.

The station came into operation in 1904. At this time St Moritz had already had its own electric tram service, Strassenbahn St. Moritz [de], since 1896 and there were plans to build a branch line to link the tram service to the new station. For financial reasons the short linking branch line was never built, however.

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at St. Moritz:[4][5]

  • Train leaving St. Moritz.

  • Glacier Express at platform 1 of St. Moritz.

  • Postbus at St. Moritz station.

  • St. Moritz station from above.

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 38. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ a b "Linien- und Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Engadin Bus. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "St. Moritz - Pontresina - Tirano" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.