Pontresina railway station is a railway station in the municipality of
Pontresina
Pontresina ( rm, Puntraschigna) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
History and name
Pontresina was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as ''ad Pontem Sarisinam'' in 1137 and ''de Ponte Sar ...
, in the
Swiss
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canton of
Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the
Bernina and
Samedan–Pontresina lines of the
Rhaetian Railway
The Rhaetian Railway (german: Rhätische Bahn; it, Ferrovia retica; rm, Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the Rh ...
.
The station has a large station building and seven through tracks, numbered 1 to 7, but only three of these are served by platforms. A side platform adjacent to the station building serves track 1, whilst an island platform, accessed by a pedestrian subway, serves tracks 3 and 4. Adjacent to the station is a seven track depot building, responsible for maintaining the snow clearance equipment used on the Bernina line.
Services
The following services stop at Pontresina:Bernina Express
The Bernina Express is a train connecting Chur (or Davos) in Switzerland to Poschiavo in Switzerland and Tirano in Italy by crossing the Swiss Engadin Alps. For most of its journey, the train also runs along the World Heritage Site known as the ...
'': Several round-trips per day between or and .
* Regio:
** hourly service between St. Moritz and Tirano.
** hourly service between Pontresina and .
The line from Samedan is electrified using the Rhaetian Railway's standard 11 kV AC, but the Bernina line uses its own 1000 V DC electrification, which introduces some complications into the operation of the station. Tracks 1 and 2 are electrified at 11 kV AC and used by trains from Samedan terminating at Pontresina. Tracks 4 to 7 are electrified at 1000 V DC and used by trains operating between St Moritz and Tirano over the Bernina line. Track 3 has a switchable overhead line and can be used by trains on either line, as well as trains operating through between the two lines, such as ''Bernina Express'' trains between Chur and Tirano.
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Railway stations in Graubünden
Railway stations opened in 1908
Rhaetian Railway stations
1908 establishments in Switzerland
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