Sion railway station (French: Gare de Sion, German: Bahnhof Sitten) is a railway station in the municipality of Sion, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.[1]
Sion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The station building in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sion Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°13′39.191″N 7°21′33.109″E / 46.22755306°N 7.35919694°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Simplon line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 92.4 km (57.4 mi) from Lausanne[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 8501506 (SIO) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 14'900 per weekday[3] (RegionAlps, SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Sion:[4][5]
- EuroCity: four trains per day between Genève-Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia.
- InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
- Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 44. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Réseau de lignes Sion" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Sion, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Sion" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
External links
edit
Media related to Sion railway station (Switzerland) at Wikimedia Commons- Sion railway station (Switzerland) – SBB
- Sion railway station (Switzerland) – RegionAlps (in French)
