Ballens railway station (French: Gare de Ballens), is a railway station in the municipality of Ballens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Bière–Apples–Morges line of Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay.[1]
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Location | Ballens, Vaud Switzerland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°33′7″N 6°22′26″E / 46.55194°N 6.37389°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 713 m (2,339 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Bière–Apples–Morges line | ||||||||||
Distance | 15.6 km (9.7 mi) from Morges[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay | ||||||||||
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Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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Station code | 8501095 (BALL) | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 36 (mobilis)[2] | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1 July 1895 | ||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Ballens:[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Morges - Apples - Bière" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "R56 Ballens Direction Morges" (PDF). Transports de la région Morges Bière Cossonay (in French). 14 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "R56 Ballens Direction Bière" (PDF). Transports de la région Morges Bière Cossonay (in French). 14 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
Bibliography
edit- Wägli, Hans G.; Jacobi, Sébastien (2010). Schienennetz Schweiz - Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+ [Swiss rail network] (in German) (3rd ed.). Zürich: AS Verlag. ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.
External links
edit- Media related to Ballens railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ballens railway station – SBB