Lavorgo railway station
Railway station in Switzerland
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Lavorgo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lavorgo) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. It takes its name from the nearby community of Lavorgo. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways 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 Lavorgo station.[1][5][6]
Switzerland
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| Location | Faido Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°26′27″N 8°50′23″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 615 m (2,018 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Gotthard line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 112.6 km (70.0 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Autopostale bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 230 and 240 (arcobaleno)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 100 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Lavorgo:[7]
- InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- S10 / S50: one train per day to Airolo, Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1.
The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels the railway line, together with other more local services.[8][9]
