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Sion railway station (French: Gare de Sion, German: Bahnhof Sitten) is a railway station in the municipality of Sion, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Sion
The station building in 2008
General information
Location	Sion Switzerland
Coordinates	46°13′39.191″N 7°21′33.109″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Simplon line
Train operators	RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways
Services
Preceding station EuroCity Following station Lausanne towards Genève-Cornavin Geneva to Milan Brig towards Milano Centrale Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Martigny towards Geneva Airport InterRegio IR 90 Sierre/Siders towards Brig Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Châteauneuf-Conthey towards St-Gingolph Regio St-Léonard towards Brig Châteauneuf-Conthey towards Monthey Regio
Location
Sion Location within Switzerland

Services

The following services stop at Sion:[1]

• EuroCity: four trains per day between Genève-Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
• Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.

PRODES EA 2035

As part of the strategic development program for rail infrastructure (PRODES), the Confederation and SBB are focusing on customer orientation and economical management of resources.

By 2040, nearly two million people will travel by rail every day, 50% more than today. In rail freight, the Confederation also expects traffic to increase by around 45%. The Swiss rail network will have to continue to meet customer needs: interesting connections, punctual trains, affordable tickets. SBB is committed to the sustainable development of public transport and takes on this responsibility vis-à-vis Switzerland.

Predicted service

• EuroCity:
  • Eight trains per day between Geneva Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with two trains continuing to Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterCity:
  • Half-hourly service between Brig and Geneva Airport.
• RegionAlps:
  • S9: Half-hourly service between St-Gingolph and Brig

References

External links

• Media related to Sion train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Sion railway station (Switzerland) – SBB
• Sion railway station (Switzerland) – RegionAlps (in French)

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