Saxon railway station
Saxon | |||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Saxon Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°8′57.779″N 7°10′24.370″E / 46.14938306°N 7.17343611°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 465 m (1,526 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Simplon line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 75.3 km (46.8 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3
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| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | RegionAlps | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (22 spaces) | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501502 (SAX) | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1'700 per weekday[2] (RegionAlps) | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Saxon railway station (French: Gare de Saxon, German: Bahnhof Saxon) is a railway station in the municipality of Saxon, 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 Saxon:[3][4]
- 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. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Saxon, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 21 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 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Saxon" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
External links
Media related to Saxon railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Saxon railway station – SBB
- Saxon railway station – RegionAlps (in French)