Ambrì-Piotta railway station ( it, Stazione di Ambrì-Piotta) is a railway station in the
Swiss
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canton of Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
and
municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of
Ambrì
Ambrì is a Swiss village in the municipality of Quinto, Leventina District, Canton of Ticino.
Geography
Ambrì is located in the Leventina Valley, upon the southwestern shore of Ticino river and below the Lepontine Alps, next to the neighbori ...
and
Piotta. The station is on the original line of the
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...
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 ...
, on the southern ramp up to the
Gotthard Tunnel
, it, Galleria del San Gottardo
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, line = Gotthard Line
, location = Traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif in the middle of the Swiss Alps
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, status =
, system ...
. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the
Gotthard Base Tunnel
, rm, Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard
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, image_size = 250
, caption = Turnout at Faido multifunction station
, line = Gotthard Line
, location = Switzerland (Uri, Grisons and ...
and do not pass through Ambrì-Piotta station.
Services
the following services stop at Ambrì-Piotta:
*
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 .
The station is also served by an hourly
Autopostale bus service between
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 ...
and
Airolo
Airolo (''Airöö'' in Lombard, in rm, italic=yes, ) is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Geography
Airolo is located in Leventina valley and the Lepontine Alps, on the southern flank of th ...
that parallels the railway line.
References
External links
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Railway stations in Ticino
Swiss Federal Railways stations
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