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The station is located on the Lake Zurich left bank (Zurich to Chur) main line and the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway, part of the Zurich to Lucerne line. To the Zurich side of the station, the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel diverges from the original lakeside line, whilst on the Lucerne side is the junction point where the Zurich to Chur and Zurich to ...
Today (2018), an InterCity and an InterRegio service runs every hour between Zurich and Chur. While the InterCity trains predominantly consist of IC2000 push-pull sets propelled by class SBB Re 460 locomotives, there are also locomotive-hauled trains consisting of standard coaches ( Einheitswagen ) and (partly former) Eurocity coaches hauled by ...
Chur railway station (German: Bahnhof Chur) serves the town of Chur, capital of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Opened in 1858, it is the most important railway junction in Graubünden. The station is the terminus of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) standard-gauge main line from Zürich , and is also one of the most important ...
InterCity: Zurich Main Station - Zug - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso - Milan-Centrale; every two hours (present ) InterCity: Basel - Zurich Main Station - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Landquart - Chur;every hour to Sargans, service every two hours from Ziegelbrücke and Sargans to Chur as well as from Sargans to Buchs and Austria ...
From 2005 to 2015 there were two Hamburg–Chur services per day: the other pair, initially numbered 100/101, now has the numbers 8/9. From the December 2013 timetable change, the majority of the service terminated at Zurich, with through coaches to Chur.
From Chur, the train follows back the course of the Rhine through the gorge of Ruinaulta and climbs slowly the valley toward Ilanz (698 m or 2,290 ft), Disentis/Mustér (1,142 m or 3,747 ft) and Sedrun (1,404 m or 4,606 ft). From Sedrun the line becomes steeper to finally reach its summit, the Oberalp Pass at 2,033 m (6,670 ft).
The Bernina Express is a Panorama Express (PE) train connecting Chur to Tirano in Italy by crossing the Swiss Engadin Alps.For most of its journey, the train also runs along the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes.
The station is served on the lakeside line by an hourly long-distance InterRegio service between Bern and Chur. It is also served by Zurich S-Bahn services S2, S8 and S25 on the lakeside line, and is the terminus of the S13 on the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln line. [4] [5]