Lavorgo railway station

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 Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.[1][5][6]

Lavorgo
An InterRegio passing by the station in 2007
Location	Faido Switzerland
Coordinates	46°26′27.247″N 8°50′23.089″E
Elevation	615 m (2,018 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	112.6 km (70.0 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone	230 and 240 (arcobaleno)[3]
Passengers
2018	100 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Faido towards Basel SBB InterRegio IR 26 Bodio TI towards Locarno Faido towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 46 Preceding station TILO Following station Faido towards Airolo RegioExpress RE10 Limited service Bodio TI towards Milano Centrale
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Lavorgo:[7]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• RegioExpress: two trains per day to Chiasso; one train continues to Milano Centrale.

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]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 48. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Media Leventina" (PDF). Autopostale. 13 December 2020. p. 15. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
6. "Faido, Switzerland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
7. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
8. "Airolo - Bellinzona" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
9. "Rete de linee Tre Valli" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Lavorgo train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lavorgo railway station – SBB