Landquart railway station

Landquart
Landquart
	Landquart station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz 1; Landquart; Switzerland
Coordinates	46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E
Elevation	523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways; Rhaetian Railway;
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line; Landquart–Davos Platz line; Landquart–Thusis line;
Distance	12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	2 island platforms; 2 side platforms;
Tracks	6
Train operators	Rhaetian Railway; THURBO; Südostbahn; Swiss Federal Railways;
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2018	13,900 per weekday[3]
Services
Location
	Landquart Location within Switzerland Landquart Landquart (Canton of Graubünden)

Landquart railway station (German: Bahnhof Landquart) is a major railway station in the municipality of Landquart, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Swiss Federal Railways Chur–Rorschach line and the junction of the Landquart–Davos Platz and Landquart–Thusis lines of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] It is served by long-distance, local, and regional trains.

There are trains to Zürich and beyond in the north and services to Chur and Disentis/Mustér in the south. In addition, there are connecting services to Klosters, Davos and Scuol in the east.

There are currently six tracks in use at the station. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are served by SBB and tracks 5, 6 and 8 are served by RhB.[4]

Landquart station is the start of the Prättigauer Höhenweg, a multi-day hiking trail that leads to Klosters.[5]

Services

Platforms 1–4: Swiss Federal Railways platforms

Platforms 5–8: Rhaetian Railway platforms

Long-distance

The following long-distance services call at Landquart:[6]

Intercity Express: Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Hamburg and Chur.
InterCity: Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line from Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Chur.

Regional

The following regional services call at Landquart:[6]

InterRegio:

Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Bern and Chur.

RegioExpress:

Hourly service over the Landquart–Thusis line to Disentis/Mustér and the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Scuol-Tarasp.
Hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to St. Moritz.
Hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz.

Regio:

Limited service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Scuol-Tarasp.
Limited service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz.

Local

Landquart is served by the S1 of the Chur S-Bahn and the S12 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn:[6]

S1: hourly service over the Landquart–Thusis line to Rhäzüns and the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Schiers.
S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Sargans and Chur.

References

Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
"Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
"Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
"Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
"72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
"Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

External links

Media related to Landquart railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Landquart railway station – SBB
Landquart railway station – Rhaetian Railway

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[saw-1] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[2] "Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[3] "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[4] "Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[5] "72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

[abfahrt-6] "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.