Sagliains railway station is a connecting station on the

Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway The Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway—also called the Engadinerbahn (Engadine Railway), Engadinerlinie (Engadine Line), Unterengadinerbahn (Lower Engadine Railway) or Unterengadinerlinie (Lower Engadine Line)—is a Swiss Metre-gauge railway, metre-g ...

in Sagliains, Switzerland. It is located at km 128.67 at 1432 m above sea level at the exit from the Sagliains valley between the villages and stations of Susch and Lavin in the Lower Engadine. It was built on material removed during the construction of the

Vereina Tunnel The Vereina Tunnel is a railway tunnel, and the principal part of the Vereina railway line, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the Landquart–Davos Platz and the Bever–Scuol-Tarasp lines. First proposed during ...

. Sagliains station was opened to timetabled traffic with the Vereina tunnel on November 22, 1999. Sagliains station's main business is the operation of the Vereina car shuttle train to . The car loading station is equipped with two loading tracks next to a loading ramp, which stretches along the valley slope. It has a direct connection to the main road through a car tunnel and a covered gallery, which serves, among other things, the waiting road vehicles and has offices for cashiers. There is also a service building with a self-service kiosk. In addition to the transport of cars, Sagliains station also serves as an interchange station between the Scuol-Tarasp–Pontresina regional services and the Scuol-Tarasp–Landquart–Chur–Disentis regional express services. As an interchange station, it only has an island platform without access from the outside. Thus, it is not normally possible to use this station for embarking and disembarking, except for changing trains.

Services

The following services stop at Sagliains: *

RegioExpress RegioExpress (RE) is a fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as TILO, BLS, tpf, transN, THURBO or RhB). It is comparable to the Regional-Express in Germany, ...

: hourly service between Disentis/Mustér and Scuol-Tarasp. * Regio: hourly service between and Scuol-Tarasp. * Car shuttle: half-hourly service to .

Gallery

File:20040711K244-20A 1751 Sagliains.jpg, Train entering Sagliains station File:Vereina tunnel einfahrt sagliains1.JPG, View of the

entrance at Sagliains

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External links

* * {{RhB web, sagliains Railway stations in Graubünden Rhaetian Railway stations Zernez Railway stations accessible only by rail Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1999