Lugano-Paradiso railway station

Paradiso railway station (Italian: Stazione di Paradiso) is a railway station in the municipality of Paradiso in the Swiss canton of Ticino (named Lugano-Paradiso until December 2022). The station is on the Gotthard railway of the Swiss Federal Railways, between Lugano and Chiasso.^[1][4] The station opened in 1945 and was renovated in 2018.^[5][6]

Paradiso
The north side (Chiasso bound) of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Paradiso Switzerland
Coordinates	45°59′20.4″N 8°56′46.7″E
Elevation	302 m (991 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	182.8 km (113.6 mi) from Immensee[1]
Train operators	Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Connections	Autopostale Monte San Salvatore funicular Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi
Other information
Fare zone	100 (arcobaleno)[2]
History
Opened	1945 (1945)
Passengers
2018	980 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station TiLo Following station Lugano towards Locarno RE80 Mendrisio towards Milano Centrale Lugano towards Airolo S10 Melide towards Como San Giovanni S50 Melide towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2 Lugano towards Giubiasco S90 Melide towards Mendrisio
Location

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Lugano-Paradiso:^[7]

• RE80: half-hourly service between Locarno and Chiasso and hourly service to Milano Centrale.
• S10 / S50: half-hourly service between Biasca and Mendrisio and hourly service to Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2.
• S90: hourly service between Giubiasco and Mendrisio.

The Monte San Salvatore funicular crosses above Paradiso railway station on a bridge. Its lower terminal is some 350 metres (1,150 ft) walk to the north of the station.^[8]

Urban bus route 1 of the Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL) serves a stop on the south side of the station, as do regional buses of the AutoPostale to Agnuzzo, Bissone, Carabietta and Morcote. TPL urban routes 1 and 2 also serve the Paradiso Gerreta stop some 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the north of the station at Paradiso Gerreta.^[8]

Gallery

• 
  The south side
• 
  A TiLo FLIRT train in the station, and a car of the funicular passing overhead.