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An InterCity train departing from the: station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Grand-Saconnex Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°13′57.0″N 6°6′43.2″E / 46.232500°N 6.112000°E / 46.232500; 6.112000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lausanne–Geneva line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IATA code | GVA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1987 (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next——to the——terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland. It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.
The station is 250 metres (820 ft) away from the "airport terminal via a covered walkway," and very close——to the Palexpo fairground.
Services※
The station is a terminus station served by, an average of five trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig):
- InterCity
- (Hourly) to St. Gallen via Lausanne, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern, Zurich, Zurich Airport, and Winterthur.
- (Hourly) to Rorschach via Morges, Yverdon-les-Bains, Neuchâtel, Biel/Bienne, Soluthurn, Olten, Aarau, and Zürich.
- InterRegio
- (Hourly) to Lucerne via Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Palézieux, Romont, Fribourg/Freiburg, Bern, Zofingen, and Sursee.
- (Half-hourly) to Brig via Nyon (only hourly), Morges (only hourly), Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, Aigle, St-Maurice (only hourly), Martigny, Sion, Sierre/Siders, Leuk (only hourly), and Visp.
- RegioExpress: on weekends, hourly service to St-Maurice.
References※
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan tpg multimodal" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Trafimage Bahnhofpläne".
- ^ "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, lignes S3, S4)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links※
- Media related to Genève-Aéroport railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Geneva Airport railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Genève Aéroport)
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