Meyrin railway station (French: Gare de Meyrin), formerly known as Vernier-Meyrin, is a railway station in the municipality of Meyrin, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lyon–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
Meyrin | |||||||||||||||
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 A Léman Express L5 train at the station in 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Meyrin Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°13′20.406″N 6°4′36.844″E / 46.22233500°N 6.07690111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 433 m (1,421 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lyon–Geneva line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 66.1 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | tpg[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501006 (VM) | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 (unireso)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 March 1858 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Vernier-Meyrin | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 960 per weekday[4] (SBB) | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Meyrin:[5][6]
- Léman Express:
- L5: half-hourly service between La Plaine and Genève-Cornavin.
- L6: rush-hour service between Bellegarde and Genève-Cornavin.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de réseau TG" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Meyrin, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Bellegarde-sur-Valserine – La Plaine – Genève (LEMAN EXPRESS, Lignes RL5, RL6)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Meyrin" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Meyrin railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Meyrin railway station – SBB
