Samedan (Rhaetian Railway station)
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Samedan is a railway station in Samedan
, Switzerland
. It is an important interchange station between the Albula Railway
line (between Chur and St.Moritz
) and the Pontresina
-Scuol-Tarasp
line. Hourly services operate on each line.
Samedan
Samedan is a town and municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as Samaden. In 1334 it was mentioned as Semeden, in 1367 as Semaden, in 1498 as Sumada and in 1527 as Sameden...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is an important interchange station between the Albula Railway
Albula Railway
In 1890, the Davos hotelier Willem-Jan Holsboer proposed the construction of a rail link from Chur via Davos, and through a tunnel under the Scaletta Pass, to St Moritz, and then onwards via the Maloja Pass, to Chiavenna in Italy. Holsboer later had to abandon this planned Scalettabahn, in favour...
line (between Chur and St.Moritz
St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)
St. Moritz is a railway station in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the Albula Railway line from Chur. Hourly services operate on this section of the line. There is also an hourly service on the Bernina Railway line from St. Moritz to Tirano, Italy...
) and the Pontresina
Pontresina (Rhaetian Railway station)
Pontresina is a station on the Bernina Railway line from St. Moritz to Tirano. It is also the terminus of the Pontresina-Scuol-Tarasp railway line. Hourly services operate on each line.-Rhaetian Railway services:*R5 - 1tp*R7 - 1tph...
-Scuol-Tarasp
Scuol-Tarasp (Rhaetian Railway station)
Scuol-Tarasp is the northern terminus of the Pontresina-Scuol-Tarasp railway line.There is one train per hour to each of Disentis/Muster and Pontresina.There is currently one main platform in use at Scuol-Tarasp station.-Services:*RE3 - 1tph*R7 - 1tph...
line. Hourly services operate on each line.
Rhaetian Railway services
- RE1/R11 - 1tph
- R7 - 1tph