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The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6/7 minutes away) and continue to Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Biel/Bienne, Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen, and/or the Valais Alps (Sion & Brig): [6] [7]
The Jura is a limestone mountain range running from Lake Geneva to the Rhine river. This area makes up about 12% of Switzerland's land area. This area makes up about 12% of Switzerland's land area. Located about 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level, this region is characterized by a limestone highland with deep river valleys.
Map of the Swiss autobahn network. The Swiss autobahn/autoroute network has a total length (as of April 2012) of 1,763.6 kilometres (1,095.9 miles), of the planned 1,893.5 kilometres (1,176.6 miles), and has, by an area of 41,290 km 2, also one of the highest motorway densities in the world with many tunnels.
The commuter rail networks of Zurich, Basel, St. Gallen, Geneva, Schaffhausen and Ticino provide also cross-border transportation services into Austria, Germany, France and Italy, respectively. The Austrian Vorarlberg S-Bahn operates services with Swiss border stations as their terminus, with one service operating through Liechtenstein .
Zurich Airport is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway, handling 24.9 million passengers in 2013. [2] The second largest airport, Geneva Cointrin, handled 14.4 million passengers (2013) and the third largest EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg 6.5 million passengers; both airports are shared with France.
Geneva railway station (French: Gare de Genève), also known as Geneva Cornavin railway station, is Geneva's main train station, located in the centre of the city. The immediate area surrounding it is known as Cornavin ; both names can be used interchangeably.
The InterCity, abbreviated IC, are mainline trains in Switzerland connecting the country's major agglomerations, the range of services (in Switzerland) of which is located between InterRegio (IR) (inter-regional) and EuroCity (EC).
The following long-distance services call at Zürich Hauptbahnhof: [19] EuroCity/InterCity: half-hourly service over the Lake Zürich left-bank line to Lugano (EuroCity continues to Milano). InterCity: Half-hourly service over the Zürich–Baden and Zürich–Winterthur lines between Geneva Airport/Lausanne and Rorschach.