Airolo railway station ( it, Stazione di Airolo) is a railway station in the
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canton of Ticino
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and
municipality of Airolo. The station is on the original line of the
Swiss Federal Railways
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Gotthard railway
The Gotthard railway (german: Gotthardbahn; it, Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino. The line forms a major part of an important international railway link between no ...
, at the southern entrance to the
Gotthard Tunnel
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. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the
Gotthard Base Tunnel
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and do not pass through Airolo station.
The station has three platform tracks, served by a side platform and an island platform, connected by a pedestrian subway. The station building, on the side platform, includes a kiosk and a ticket office, but is largely given over to a manufacturer of local
yogurt
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s. Just outside the station entrance is a memorial to the lives lost during the construction of the Gotthard Tunnel.
Services
the following services stop at Airolo:
*
InterRegio: hourly service between and ; trains continue to or
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland a ...
.
* / : one train per day to , , or .
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Gotthard Panorama Express
The Gotthard Panorama Express is a tourist oriented boat and panoramic train line which connects Lucerne to Lugano, crossing the Swiss Alps from North to South through the Gotthard crest tunnel. Until 2017, the train was known as the William T ...
: daily tourist oriented service between Lugano and Arth-Goldau, with connecting boat service on
Lake Lucerne
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Lake Lucerne (german: Vierwaldstättersee, literally "Lake of the four forested settlements" (in English usually translated as ''forest cantons''), french: lac des Quatre-Cantons, it, lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central ...
to
Lucerne
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.
Bus services operated by
Autopostale terminate in front of the station, and include an hourly service to
Bellinzona
Bellinzona ( , , Ticinese ; french: Bellinzone ; german: Bellenz ; rm, Blizuna )is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebell ...
that parallels the railway, together with a less frequent route across the
Novena Pass
Nufenen Pass (Italian: ''Passo della Novena'', German: ''Nufenenpass'') (el. 2478 m.) is the highest mountain pass with a paved road within Switzerland. It lies between the summits of Pizzo Gallina (north) and the Nufenenstock (south).
The pass ...
to
Oberwald
Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. It is located at the end of the Goms, directly ...
.
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Railway stations in Ticino
Swiss Federal Railways stations
Airolo
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