Filisur railway station
Filisur railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Filisur, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge Albula and Davos Platz–Filisur lines of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] Hourly services operate on both lines.
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 A Rhaetian Railway train at platform 2 of the station in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Filisur Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°40′31.188″N 9°40′56.244″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,080 m (3,540 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 20 April 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,300 per weekday[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Filisur Location within Switzerland  Filisur Filisur (Canton of Graubünden) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There are currently three platforms in use at Filisur station.
Filisur is located very close to three of the Rhaetian Railway's major railway bridges.
Shortly before trains on the Albula Railway arrive in Filisur from the direction of Chur, Thusis and Tiefencastel, they pass over both the Schmittentobel Viaduct and the Landwasser Viaduct, the latter of which is one of the signature structures of the Albula Railway.
On the Davos to Filisur line, trains from Davos similarly cross the Wiesen Viaduct just before entering Filisur.
Services
The following services stop at Filisur:[4][5]
- Glacier Express: Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
- Bernina Express: Several round-trips per day between Chur and Tirano.
- InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
- Regio:
- hourly service to Davos Platz.
- limited service between Chur and St. Moritz.
Gallery of nearby bridges
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Liniennetz Chur/Mittelbünden" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "Davos - Filisur" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Filisur railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Filisur railway station – Rhaetian Railway
- Webcam overlooking the Filisur station platforms (in German)