Chur Stadt (Rhaetian Railway station)

Chur Stadt
The halt with St Martin's Church behind and the Cathedral further to the right
Location	Plessurquai 7000 Chur Plessur, Graubünden Switzerland
Coordinates	46°50′51″N 9°31′52″E / 46.84749°N 9.5311°E / 46.84749; 9.5311Coordinates: 46°50′51″N 9°31′52″E / 46.84749°N 9.5311°E / 46.84749; 9.5311
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Operated by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Chur - Arosa
Distance	0.762 km (0.473 mi) from Chur (main station)
Platforms	1
Connections	Postauto and local buses
History
Opened	12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Route map Chur as shown on the Rhaetian Railway network.
Location
Chur Stadt Location within Switzerland

Route map
Chur as shown on the Rhaetian Railway network.

Chur Stadt is a small railway station (essentially a street halt) on the Chur-Arosa line (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated near the old town (Altstadt) of Chur, on Plessurquai by the Plessur river, less than a kilometre (0.76 km) from the main railway station of the city.

The halt is closer to the shops, bars and attractions of the old town than the main station. A number of local and Postauto (see below) bus services converge at Malteser, located nearby where Grabenstrasse and Engadinstrasse converge. A footbridge ("Praximerbrüggli") connects the halt with Lindenquai, on the other side of the river.

The Chur stadtbahn ("town railway") is the part of the RhB line from Chur to Arosa which passes through the centre of the city of Chur, with on-street running. The line starts on Bahnhofplatz, in front of the main railway station, where that station's platforms for the Arosa line are. The line runs along Engadinstrasse from the Bahnhofplatz to the old town, where it then runs briefly along Grabenstrasse and then alongside the Plessur river on Plessurquai ("Plessur Quay"). After the Chur Stadt station the line continues to run on the road alongside the river, heading up into the suburb of Sand and along Sandstrasse, which is the location of a compact permanent way depot ("Chur Sand") at 1.42 km from the beginning of the line. Shortly after Sand, at Sassal (where there was once a small station on the line, now not used) the line diverges from the road, which crosses the Plessau, and begins its mountainous assent via the Sassal tunnels.

Postauto bus services 90.001 (to Tamins and Rhäzüns), 90.041 (to Peist), 90.042 (to Tschiertschen), and 90.181/182 (to Lenzerheide, Tiefencastel, Bivio and St. Moritz) call at the nearby Malteser bus stop.