Landquart–Thusis railway line

The Landquart–Thusis railway line is a Swiss metre-gauge railway line running from Landquart via Chur to Thusis. It is part of the Rhaetian Railway core network and provides a connection between the Landquart–Davos Platz railway and the Albula Railway. Between Landquart and Chur, the line runs largely parallel to the standard-gauge Chur–Rorschach railway of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The line from Chur to Thusis was opened in 1896.

Landquart–Thusis
Overview
OwnerRhaetian Railway
Line number910, 940 and 941
Termini
Technical
Line length41.28 km (25.65 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track from Chur to Reichenau-Tamins, remainder Single track
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification11 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Maximum incline2.5%
Route map

km
0.00
Landquart
523 m
1.29
Landquart Ried
522 m
2.22
Igis
523 m
03.6
Zizers Altlöser
3.99
Zizers
531 m
5.82
Untervaz-Trimmis
537 m
7.17
Trimmis
(until 2006)
541 m
10.96
Haldenstein
562 m
12.6
Chur Wiesental
13.68
Chur
584 m
15.17
Chur West
578 m
17.71
Felsberg
569 m
20.15
Domat/Ems
581 m
22.02
Ems Werk
597 m
23.57
Reichenau-Tamins
604 m
Hinterrhein (151 m)
Second Hinterrhein bridge
under construction (2017)
to Disentis/Mustér
27.44
Bonaduz
659 m
28.69
Rhäzüns
654 m
32.81
Rothenbrunnen
622 m
36.59
Rodels-Realta
640 m
38.49
Cazis
658 m
41.26
Thusis
697 m
Source: Swiss railway atlas[1]

Description

A Glacier Express coupled with a RegioExpress between Reichenau-Tamins and Bonaduz

Landquart station is the starting point of the Rhaetian Railway, historically part of the Landquart–Davos railway, operationally the location of the main workshop and network. It is kilometre 0 for the measurement of distances (chainage) on all core network lines.

While the passenger traffic of the SBB ends in Chur, there is a connection with the Arosa Railway and there is a link for standard gauge freight operations using a dual gauge (three-rail) section in Untervaz and a dual gauge section (22.5 tonne axle load) for standard-gauge freight traffic from Chur to Domat/Ems for the factory premises of Ems-Chemie and the large sawmill of Mayr-Melnhof Swiss Timber AG. All rail infrastructure is metre-gauge from Domat/Ems. The line to Disentis/Mustér branches off in Reichenau-Tamins; this connects with the trunk line of the MGB and these lines are served by Glacier Express services running between Chur and Zermatt.

The line connects at Thusis directly with the Albula Railway, which continues the chainage from Landquart to St. Moritz and continues from Bever on the two branches of the Engadin line to Scuol-Tarasp and Pontresina.

Services at Trimmis station were discontinued at the timetable change on 10 December 2006. As a result, Untervaz station was renamed Untervaz-Trimmis, which reflects the uneven development of the municipality of Trimmis.

References

Footnotes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz [Swiss railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 45, 57, 79. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

Sources

  • Domenig, Hans (2000). "Vom Tingelzüglein zur Hochgebirgsbahn". Terra Grischuna (in German). Chur: Terra Grischuna Verlag. 59 (1). ISSN 1011-5196.
  • Hennings, P. (1901). Die neuen Linien der Rhätischen Bahn : Reichenau-Ilanz. pp. 41–43. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help)
  • Hess, Katharina; Müller, Paul Emanuel (1990). "Über der wilden Plessur". Terra Grischuna (in German). Chur: Terra Grischuna Verlag. 48 (1). ISSN 1011-5196.
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  • Saluz, P. (1903). "Die neuen Linien der Rhätischen Bahn : Die Bahn Reichenau-Ilanz". Schweizerische Bauzeitung (in German). Band 41 (22): 243–247.
  • Schönborn, Hans-Bernhard (2009). Die Rhätische Bahn, Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German). GeraMond. ISBN 978-3-7654-7162-9.
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