Samedan railway station

Samedan railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Samedan, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an important interchange station between the Albula Railway line (between Chur and St.Moritz) and the Samedan–Pontresina railway.[1] Hourly services operate on each line.

Platforms 2 and 3, facing St. Moritz

Samedan from above. The station can be seen in the centre of the image

Samedan
A train arrives at platform 3 in 2003
Location	Via Retica Samedan Switzerland
Coordinates	46°32′1.53604″N 9°52′25.06800″E
Elevation	1,705 m (5,594 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Albula line Samedan–Pontresina line
Distance	97.7 km (60.7 mi) from Landquart[1]
Train operators	Glacier Express Rhaetian Railway
Connections	Engadin Bus buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	40 (Engadin Mobil)[2]
History
Opened	1 July 1903
Passengers
2018	2,900 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Celerina towards St. Moritz InterRegio Bever towards Chur RegioExpress Bever towards Landquart Punt Muragl towards Pontresina Regio Bever towards Scuol-Tarasp Celerina towards St. Moritz Regio Limited service Bever towards Chur Preceding station Glacier Express Following station St. Moritz Terminus Glacier Express Filisur towards Zermatt
Location
Samedan Location within Switzerland Samedan Samedan (Canton of Graubünden)

Services

The following services stop at Samedan:[4]

• Glacier Express: Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz.
• InterRegio: hourly service between Chur and St. Moritz.
• RegioExpress: hourly service between Landquart and St. Moritz.
• Regio:
  • hourly service between Scuol-Tarasp and Pontresina.
  • limited service between Chur and St. Moritz.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 38. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Linien- und Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Engadin Bus. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
4. "Chur - Thusis - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

• Media related to Samedan railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Samedan railway station – Rhaetian Railway