Langwies GR | |||||||||||||||
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 The station building and main platform in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Arosa Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,317 m (4,321 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Rhaetian Railway (since 1942); Chur-Arosa-Bahn (1914-1942) | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chur–Arosa line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 17.900 kilometres (11.123 mi) from Chur | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Rhaetian Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Local buses | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Alfons Rocco (1914) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 12 December 1914 | ||||||||||||||
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Langwies GR railway station, often just Langweis railway station, is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated in Langwies, lower down the hillside from the centre of the village. A minor level crossing straddles the tracks at the station.
Viaducts
Two notable railway viaducts (or bridges) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the Gründjitobel Viaduct (or Gründjitobel Bridge; German: Gründjitobel-Viadukt) which is 145m long, and a short distance up the line is the Langwieser Viaduct (or Langwies Viaduct; German: Langwieser Viadukt).
The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1] It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering reinforced concrete structure.
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Langwies GR:[2]
- RegioExpress: four round-trips per day between Chur and Arosa
- Regio: hourly service between Chur and Arosa.
Gallery
The station and its tracks, looking down the line
A train approaches the station - note the level crossing
A train runs through Langwies
Langwieser Viaduct
Langwies station, looking up the line
Another view of the Viaduct
References
- ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 27-Oct-2009
- ↑ "Chur - Arosa" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links
Media related to Langwies GR railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Langwies GR railway station – Rhaetian Railway
- Langwies GR railway station – SBB