Mendrisio railway station

Mendrisio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Mendrisio) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Mendrisio. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and is also the junction for the Mendrisio–Varese line, formerly freight-only, but which was rebuilt as an international connection to Varese.[1][5][6]

Mendrisio
The station building in 2012
Location	Mendrisio Switzerland
Coordinates	45°52′8.879″N 8°58′42.992″E
Elevation	328 m (1,076 ft) AMSL[1]
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line Mendrisio–Varese line
Distance	198.7 km (123.5 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale and local buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	150 (arcobaleno)[3]
History
Opened	6 December 1874
Electrified	6 February 1922
Passengers
2018	8,000 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station TILO Following station Lugano-Paradiso towards Airolo RegioExpress RE10 Chiasso towards Milano Centrale Lugano-Paradiso towards Locarno RegioExpress RE80 Chiasso Terminus Mendrisio San Martino towards Bellinzona S10 Balerna towards Como San Giovanni S50 Stabio towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2 Stabio towards Varese S40 Balerna towards Como San Giovanni
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Mendrisio:[7][8]

• RegioExpress:
  • hourly service between Castione-Arbedo and Milano Centrale
  • service every two hours to Locarno and two trains per day to Chiasso.
• S10: half-hourly service to Chiasso, with every other train continuing to Como San Giovanni.
• S10 / S50: half-hourly service to Bellinzona.
• S40 / S50: half-hourly service to Varese and hourly service to Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Mendrisiotto" (PDF) (in Italian). PostBus Switzerland. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
3. "Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone" (PDF) (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno. 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
6. "La FMV in breve" [The FMV in brief] (PDF) (in Italian). Canton of Ticino Dipartimento del Territorio. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
7. "Como - Chiasso - Mendrisio - Varese (S40)" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
8. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

External links

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