Aigle railway station

Aigle railway station (French: Gare d'Aigle) is a railway station in the municipality of Aigle, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the terminus of three 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge lines operated by Transports Publics du Chablais: the Aigle–Leysin, Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry, and Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets lines.[1]

Aigle
Three-story building with gabled roof and multiple wings
The station building in 2006
General information
LocationAigle
Switzerland
Coordinates46°19′0.8″N 6°57′49.3″E
Elevation403 m (1,322 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance39.3 km (24.4 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Train operators
ConnectionsCarPostal Suisse and Transports Publics du Chablais buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone80 (mobilis)[3]
Passengers
20187,700 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Montreux IR 90 St-Maurice
towards Brig
Villeneuve RegioExpress
Bex
towards St-Maurice
Roche VD
towards Renens VD
RegioExpress
Limited service
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
Roche VD
towards Vallorbe
S3 Bex
towards St-Maurice
Villeneuve
towards Le Brassus or Vallorbe
S4 Terminus
S4
Limited service
Bex
towards St-Maurice
Preceding station Transports Publics du Chablais Following station
Aigle-Hôpital
towards Monthey-Ville or Champéry
Regio
Terminus
Terminus Aigle-Place-du-Marché
towards Leysin-Grand-Hôtel
Aigle-Place-du-Marché
towards Les Diablerets
Location

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Aigle:[5]

  • InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
  • RegioExpress:
    • hourly service between St-Maurice and Annemasse (on weekdays) or Geneva Airport (on weekends).
    • single daily round-trip between Renens VD and St-Maurice.
  • Regio:
    • half-hourly service to Monthey-Ville, with every other train continuing to Champéry.
    • hourly service to Les Diablerets.
    • hourly service to Leysin-Grand-Hôtel.
  • RER Vaud S3 / S4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service to Vallorbe; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 42. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Plan TPC" (PDF) (in French). Transports Publics du Chablais. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. "Plan Mobilis". Mobilis Vaud. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. "Départ: Gare de Aigle" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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