Giubiasco railway station

Giubiasco railway station (Italian: Stazione di Giubiasco) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Bellinzona. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Bellinzona and Lugano, and is a junction point with several other lines.[1][4]

Giubiasco
Red-and-white train on double-track at island platform
A Flirt unit of TILO in the station in 2012
General information
LocationViale Stazione
Giubiasco
Switzerland
Coordinates46°10′25.7″N 9°0′13.0″E
Elevation230 m (750 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance154.0 km (95.7 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms4
Train operators
ConnectionsAutopostale bus services
Other information
Fare zone200 (arcobaleno)[2]
Passengers
20188,100 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Bellinzona
towards Basel SBB
 IR 26 Cadenazzo
towards Locarno
Bellinzona
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 IR 46
Preceding station TILO Following station
Bellinzona
towards Airolo
 S10 Lugano
towards Como San Giovanni
Bellinzona
towards Castione-Arbedo
 S20 Sant'Antonino
towards Locarno
Bellinzona
towards Airolo
 S50 Lugano
towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2
Terminus S90 Rivera-Bironico
towards Mendrisio
Location

To the south of Giubasco, the Gotthard Railway leaves the valley of the river Ticino that it has followed since it left the Gotthard Tunnel, and heads for Lake Lugano. Just to the south of Giubiasco station, the Gotthard railway's original line diverges to the south and commences its steep climb to the high-level Monte Ceneri Tunnel under the Monte Ceneri Pass. However most trains no longer take this route, but instead continue along the main line and take the Ceneri Base Tunnel (opened in December 2020) direct to Lugano. Just beyond the junction with the original line, a second triangular junction connects the new Gotthard main line with the Luino–Bellinzona railway, which in turn has a branch to Locarno.[4][5][6]

As a major junction station, Giubiasco has two island platforms serving four platform tracks, together with a number of freight tracks. However, most long-distance passenger trains pass through the station without stopping, serving instead Bellinzona station, one stop to the north.

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Giubiasco:[7][8][9][10]

  • The station looking south with Monte Ceneri in the background
    The station looking south with Monte Ceneri in the background
  • The station and station buildings looking north
    The station and station buildings looking north

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  5. "Ceneri Base Tunnel: Blast-driving the main tunnel from Sigirino begins". AlpTransit Gotthard AG. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  6. "Aperta ai treni la Galleria di base del Monte Ceneri". TVSvizzera (in Italian). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. "Biasca - Bellinzona - Locarno" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. "LPL_Tessin" (PDF) (in Italian). Swiss Federal Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. "Partenza - Stazione di Giubiasco" [Departure - Giubiasco Station] (PDF) (in Italian). Swiss Federal Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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