Lugano railway station
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Lugano
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Lugano main line station building.
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| Location | Piazzale della Stazione, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland |
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| Coordinates | 46°00′19″N 08°56′48″E / 46.00528°N 8.94667°ECoordinates: 46°00′19″N 08°56′48″E / 46.00528°N 8.94667°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 335 m above the sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO) Eurocity (EC) Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway (FLP) |
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| Line(s) |
Gotthard Lugano–Ponte Tresa |
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| Distance | 180.5 km (112.2 mi) from Immensee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
Lugano Città–Stazione funicular Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi bus AutoPostale bus Autolinee Regionali Luganesi bus |
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| Opened | December 6, 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | February 6, 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Lugano
Lugano (Switzerland)
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Lugano railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lugano) is the main railway station of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is on the Gotthard railway, and is also the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway (FLP) and the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular. The FLP terminus is across the station forecourt from the main line station, and is often regarded as a separate station, by the name of Lugano FLP.
The station is situated on a hillside to the west of the city centre, overlooking the city and Lake Lugano, and the funicular provides a direct link from the station to the city centre below. The residential quarter of Besso lies above and to the west of the station. The station is nicknamed Terrazza del Ticino ("Terrace of Ticino") since the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016.
The Gotthard railway's station was opened in 1874, as part of that railway's Lugano to Chiasso line. By 1882, with the opening of the line across the Monte Ceneri Pass to Bellinzona, and the Gotthard Rail Tunnel beyond that, Lugano was connected with the rest of the canton of Ticino and with northern Switzerland.
The Lugano Città–Stazione funicular opened in 1886, and was followed by the Lugano–Tesserete railway (LT) in 1909, and the Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP) in 1912. The LT operated from a terminus and depot to the north-east of the main station, whilst the FLP constructed a terminus at a lower level to the south-east of the main station. Additionally, in 1910, a branch of the city's urban tramway was extended to the station forecourt.
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