Landquart railway station

Landquart railway station (German: Bahnhof Landquart) is a major railway station in the municipality of Landquart, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Swiss Federal Railways Chur–Rorschach line and the junction of the Landquart–Davos Platz and Landquart–Thusis lines of the Rhaetian Railway.[1] It is served by long-distance, local, and regional trains.

Landquart
Landquart station building
Location	Bahnhofplatz 1 Landquart Switzerland
Coordinates	46°58′2.784″N 9°33′14.476″E
Elevation	523 m (1,716 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Landquart–Davos Platz line Landquart–Thusis line
Distance	12.3 km (7.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	6
Train operators	THURBO Swiss Federal Railways Rhaetian Railway
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2018	13,900 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Sargans towards Basel SBB InterCity IC 3 Chur Terminus Bad Ragaz towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 13 RegioExpress Preceding station Rhaetian Railway Following station Landquart Ried towards Disentis/Mustér RegioExpress Malans towards Scuol-Tarasp Terminus RegioExpress Schiers towards St. Moritz RegioExpress Grüsch towards Davos Platz Regio Limited service Malans towards Davos Platz Landquart Ried towards Disentis/Mustér Regio Limited service Malans towards Scuol-Tarasp Preceding station Deutsche Bahn Following station Sargans towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 20 Chur Terminus Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Maienfeld towards Sargans S12 Chur Terminus Preceding station Chur S-Bahn Following station Landquart Ried towards Rhäzüns S1 Malans towards Schiers
Location
Landquart Location within Switzerland Landquart Landquart (Canton of Graubünden)

There are trains to Zürich and beyond in the north and services to Chur and Disentis/Mustér in the south. In addition, there are connecting services to Klosters, Davos and Scuol in the east.

There are currently six platforms in use at the station. Platforms 2, 3 and 4 are served by SBB and Platforms 5, 6 and 8 are served by RhB. Platforms 1 and 7 are not normally used.

Landquart station is the start of the Prättigauer Höhenweg, a multi-day hiking trail that leads to Klosters.[4]

Services

Platforms 1–4: Swiss Federal Railways platforms

Platforms 5–8: Rhaetian Railway platforms

Long-distance

The following long-distance services call at Landquart:[5]

• Intercity Express: Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Hamburg and Chur.
• InterCity: Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line from Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Chur.

Regional

The following regional services call at Landquart:[5]

• InterRegio: Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
• RegioExpress:

• Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
• Hourly service over the Landquart–Thusis line to Disentis/Mustér and the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Scuol-Tarasp.
• Hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to St. Moritz.
• Hourly service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz.

• Regio:

• Limited service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Scuol-Tarasp.
• Limited service over the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Davos Platz.

Local

Landquart is served by the S1 of the Chur S-Bahn and the S12 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn:[5]

• S1: hourly service over the Landquart–Thusis line to Rhäzüns and the Landquart–Davos Platz line to Schiers.
• S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Sargans and Chur.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Landquart /Chur" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
4. "72 Prättigau Highland Trail, Landquart-Klosters". Graubünden Tourism. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
5. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Landquart" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

External links

• Media related to Landquart railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Landquart railway station – SBB
• Landquart railway station – Rhaetian Railway