Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station (Italian: Stazione di Capolago-Riva San Vitale) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is in the village of Capolago, part of the municipality of Mendrisio, but, as its name suggests, also serves the adjoining municipality of Riva San Vitale. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and on the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway to the summit of Monte Generoso.[1][2]
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 The station in 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Str. Nuova Capolago Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°54′10.307″N 8°58′44.036″E / 45.90286306°N 8.97889889°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 274 m (899 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 194.6 km (120.9 mi) from Immensee[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Autopostale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 December 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 6 February 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station features three platforms on the Gotthardbahn, whilst the Monte Generoso trains stop at a streetside location in front of the station. The single track to Monte Generoso leaves the station to the south, immediately climbing to a flyover over the main line, and also continues to the north serving the railway's car shed, workshops, and lakeside terminal stop.[1] Until 1948, the street outside the station contained not only the 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) gauge tracks of the Monte Generoso railway, but also the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge tracks of the Mendrisio electric tramway, which linked Chiasso with Riva San Vitale via Mendrisio and Capolago.[1]
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Capolago-Riva San Vitale:[3][4]
- S10 / S50: half-hourly service between Biasca and Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2.
- S90: hourly service between Giubiasco and Mendrisio.
- Monte Generoso line (April–November): one train per day to Capolago Lago and eight trains per day to Generoso Vetta.
AutoPostale buses serve stops outside the station, providing links to Arogno, Brusino Arsizio, Melano, Mendrisio, Porto Ceresio, Riva San Vitale and Rovio.[5]
Gallery
S10 train in main line platform
Monte Generoso trains at their stop in front of the station
References
External links
Media related to Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station – SBB
