Chur (Rhaetian Railway station)
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Chur
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Trains at Chur station.
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 1-2 7000 Chur Plessur, Graubünden Switzerland |
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| Coordinates | 46°51′11″N 09°31′45″E / 46.85306°N 9.52917°ECoordinates: 46°51′11″N 09°31′45″E / 46.85306°N 9.52917°E | ||
| Elevation | 584 m (1,916 ft) | ||
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SBB-CFF-FFS Rhaetian Railway |
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Zürich HB - Chur Landquart - Thusis / Disentis/Muster Chur - Arosa |
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| Distance | 13.68 km (8.50 mi) from Landquart |
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| Platforms | 12 | ||
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| Opened | 30 June 1858 | ||
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 Chur
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Chur railway station serves the city of Chur, capital of the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Opened in 1858, it is the most important railway junction in Graubünden.
The station is the terminus of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) standard gauge main line from Zürich to Chur, and is also one of the most important stations on the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) metre gauge network.
SBB Intercity, Regio Express and Regional services stop at the station, alongside Rhaetian Railway Regio Express and Regional services. There are SBB trains to Landquart, and then stations to Zürich (and beyond) and Rhaetian Railway services to many destinations in Graubünden. The Glacier Express also calls and reverses at Chur.
Planning for a station at Chur began in 1850. After heated debate, the station was built at its present site, just outside the city limits, and designed as a terminus of the Rheineck–Chur railway. It was opened on 30 June 1858.
The first operator of the station was the United Swiss Railways. Initially, only a temporary wooden goods shed was constructed as a station building. But in 1860 work was completed on a station building still visible today in modified form. In 1876, that building was moved to a new location on the Gürtelstrasse, where it has remained ever since.
With continuing increases in tourism in the area, a new station building was completed on 1 November 1878. It still exists today, but over the years has undergone several modifications.
In 1896, the Rhaetian Railway opened a narrow gauge line between Landquart and Thusis. The first 13.68 kilometres (8.50 mi) of that line ran parallel with the already well established standard gauge line between Landquart and Chur.
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