Sagliains railway station
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Sagliains railway station is a connecting station on the Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway in Sagliains, Switzerland. It is located at km 128.67 at 1432 m above sea level at the exit from the Sagliains valley between the villages and stations of Susch and Lavin in the Lower Engadine.[1] It was built on material removed during the construction of the Vereina Tunnel. Sagliains station was opened to timetabled traffic with the Vereina tunnel on November 22, 1999.
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Location | Zernez Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°45′48.240″N 10°5′47.648″E | |||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1,432 m (4,698 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
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Train operators | Rhaetian Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 22 November 1999 (1999-11-22) | |||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 1,200 per weekday[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sagliains station's main business is the operation of the Vereina car shuttle train to Klosters Selfranga. The car loading station is equipped with two loading tracks next to a loading ramp, which stretches along the valley slope. It has a direct connection to the main road through a car tunnel and a covered gallery, which serves, among other things, the waiting road vehicles and has offices for cashiers. There is also a service building with a self-service kiosk. In addition to the transport of cars, Sagliains station also serves as an interchange station between the Scuol-Tarasp–Pontresina regional services and the Scuol-Tarasp–Landquart–Chur–Disentis regional express services.
As an interchange station, it only has an island platform without access from the outside.[3] Thus, it is not normally possible to use this station for embarking and disembarking, except for changing trains.