Raron railway station
Raron | |||||||||||||||
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 RegionAlps train at Raron in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Raron Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°18′22.586″N 7°48′5.440″E / 46.30627389°N 7.80151111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Simplon line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 130.1 km (80.8 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | RegionAlps | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | RegionAlps bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (38 spaces) | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (44 spaces) | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501604 (RAR) | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1'000 per weekday[3] (RegionAlps) | ||||||||||||||
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Raron railway station (German: Bahnhof Raron, French: Gare de Rarogne) is a railway station in the municipality of Raron, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only.[1]
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Raron:[4][5]
- Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 45, 78. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Netzplan Regionalbus Leuk-Visp" (in German). RegionAlps. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Raron, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French and German). öv-info.ch. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Raron" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
External links
Media related to Raron railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Raron railway station – SBB
- Raron railway station – RegionAlps (in French)