Sassal railway station was a small railway station (essentially a
halt) on the
Chur-Arosa
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 RhB ...
line (the ''"Arosabahn"'') of the
Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It was situated on the southeastern outskirts of
Chur, by the
Plessur river, between the city suburb of Sand and the settlement of Meiersboden. The small community of Sassal is located on the other side of the river, on the hillside near Meiersboden.
The RhB has closed Sassal halt (that is, passengers can no longer embark/alight there, though trains continue to run through on the line) due to the danger of falling rocks, low passenger numbers, and problems getting on and off trains at this location. This location has suffered from notable landslides in recent times - the mountainside to the rear of the station is unstable - with the railway line and road sometimes obstructed by rockfall.
An alternative public transport service is provided by Chur town bus services which run through to Meiersboden.
Chur town bus services
- route 9 The nearest open railway station is now the RhB's Chur Stadt, a street halt, around 1.5 km away towards the centre of Chur.
Sassal tunnels
Immediately after Sassal, the line goes through the three Sassal tunnels, the first tunnels on the route up from Chur to Arosa.
References
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Photo of the location of Sassal station
(showing also the unstable rockface in the background)
Defunct railway stations in Graubünden
Rhaetian Railway stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1914
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