Geneva Airport
White train leaving underground side platform
An InterCity train departing from the station
General information
LocationGrand-Saconnex
Switzerland
Coordinates46°13′57.173″N 6°6′43.124″E / 46.23254806°N 6.11197889°E / 46.23254806; 6.11197889
Elevation411 m (1,348 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lausanne–Geneva line
Distance66.2 km (41.1 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms2
Tracks4
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1987 (1987)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Terminus IC 1 Genève-Cornavin
towards St. Gallen
IC 5
Genève-Cornavin
towards Rorschach
IR 15 Genève-Cornavin
towards Lucerne
IR 90 Genève-Cornavin
towards Brig
RE33 Genève-Cornavin
towards St-Maurice
Location
Geneva Airport is located in Switzerland
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport
Location within Switzerland
Geneva Airport is located in Canton of Geneva
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport (Canton of Geneva)

Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.[3] It is located at the end of the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]

The station is 250 metres (820 ft) away from the airport terminal via a covered walkway, and very close to the Palexpo fairground.

Services

The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Soluthurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig):[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Plan tpg multimodal" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "Trafimage Bahnhofpläne".
  4. "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, lignes S3, S4)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.


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