Airolo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Airolo) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Airolo station.[1][5]

Airolo
Airolo station building and platforms
General information
Location	Viale Stazione Airolo Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′39.094″N 8°36′31.032″E
Elevation	1,142 m (3,747 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	86.2 km (53.6 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone	244 (arcobaleno)[3]
Passengers
2018	370 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Göschenen towards Basel SBB InterRegio IR 26 Ambrì-Piotta towards Locarno Göschenen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 46 Preceding station TILO Following station Terminus S10 Limited service Ambrì-Piotta towards Como San Giovanni S50 Limited service Ambrì-Piotta towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2
Location

The station has three platform tracks, served by a side platform and an island platform, connected by a pedestrian subway. The station building, on the side platform, includes a kiosk and a ticket office, but is largely given over to a manufacturer of local yogurts. Just outside the station entrance is a memorial to the lives lost during the construction of the Gotthard Tunnel.

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Airolo:[6]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• S10 / S50: one train per day to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1.
• Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service between Lugano and Arth-Goldau, with connecting boat service on Lake Lucerne to Lucerne.

Bus services operated by Autopostale terminate in front of the station, and include an hourly service to Bellinzona that parallels the railway, together with a less frequent route across the Novena Pass to Oberwald.[7]

Gallery

References

External links

• Media related to Airolo railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Airolo railway station – SBB

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