Langwies (Rhaetian Railway station)

Langwies

The station building and main platform
Location 7057 Langwies
Langwies, Plessur, Graubünden
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°49′09″N 09°42′26″E / 46.81917°N 9.70722°E / 46.81917; 9.70722Coordinates: 46°49′09″N 09°42′26″E / 46.81917°N 9.70722°E / 46.81917; 9.70722
Elevation 1,317 m (4,321 ft)
Owned by Rhaetian Railway
Operated by Rhaetian Railway
Line(s) Chur - Arosa
Distance 17.900 km (11.123 mi)
from Chur
Platforms 2
Connections Local buses
History
Opened 12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Route map
Langwies forms part of the Rhaetian Railway network.
Location
Langwies
Location within Switzerland

Langwies (sometimes "Langwies GR") is a railway station on the Chur-Arosa line (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

Hourly passenger services operate on this line (service "R4" on the Rhaetian network), between Chur and Arosa. The route is shown as timetable 930 in the Swiss national timetables. Currently all passenger trains stop at Langwies, with the exception of the late night service, which stops on request.[2]

Preceding station   Rhätische Bahn   Following station
toward Arosa
R4
R930
toward Chur

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