Ambrì-Piotta railway station () is a railway station in the

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

canton of Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzo ...

and municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of

Ambrì Ambrì is a Swiss village in the municipality of Quinto, Ticino, Quinto, Leventina District, Canton of Ticino. Geography Ambrì is located in the Leventina Valley, upon the southwestern shore of Ticino (river), Ticino river and below the Lepo ...

and Piotta. The station is on the original line of the

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Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Ambrì-Piotta station.

Services

the following services stop at Ambrì-Piotta: *

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: hourly service between and ; trains continue to or

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as Zurich Main Station, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe. It is a major railway hub, with services to and from a ...

. * / : one train per day to , , , or . The station is also served by an hourly Autopostale bus service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line.

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* * Railway stations in Ticino Swiss Federal Railways stations {{Switzerland-railstation-stub