Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.[3] It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
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Location | Grand-Saconnex Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°13′57.173″N 6°6′43.124″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lausanne–Geneva line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1987 (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is 250 metres away from the airport terminal via a covered walkway, and very near to the Palexpo fairground.
The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at the Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Soluthurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig):[4]
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