Langwies GR railway station
Langwies GR | |||||||||||||||
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 The station building and main platform in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Arosa Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,317 m (4,321 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway (since 1942); Chur-Arosa-Bahn (1914-1942) | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chur–Arosa line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 17.900 kilometres (11.123 mi) from Chur | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Rhaetian Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Local buses | ||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Alfons Rocco (1914) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 December 1914 | ||||||||||||||
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Langwies GR railway station, often just Langweis railway station, is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated in Langwies, lower down the hillside from the centre of the village. A minor level crossing straddles the tracks at the station.
Viaducts[edit]
Two notable railway viaducts (or bridges) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the Gründjitobel Viaduct (or Gründjitobel Bridge; German: Gründjitobel-Viadukt) which is 145m long, and a short distance up the line is the Langwieser Viaduct (or Langwies Viaduct; German: Langwieser Viadukt).
The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1] It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering reinforced concrete structure.
Services[edit]
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Langwies GR:[2]
- RegioExpress: four round-trips per day between Chur and Arosa
- Regio: hourly service between Chur and Arosa.
Gallery[edit]
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The station and its tracks, looking down the line -
A train approaches the station - note the level crossing -
A train runs through Langwies -
Langwieser Viaduct -
Langwies station, looking up the line -
Another view of the Viaduct
References[edit]
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 27-Oct-2009
- ^ "Chur - Arosa" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related to Langwies GR railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Langwies GR railway station – Rhaetian Railway
- Langwies GR railway station – SBB
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