Ospizio Bernina (Rhaetian Railway station)

Ospizio Bernina
An ABe 8/12 at Ospizio Bernina station, 2011.
Location	7710 Ospizio Bernina Poschiavo, Bernina, Graubünden Switzerland
Coordinates	46°24′31″N 10°01′11″E / 46.40861°N 10.01972°ECoordinates: 46°24′31″N 10°01′11″E / 46.40861°N 10.01972°E
Elevation	2,253 m[1]
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Operated by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Bernina Railway
Distance	22.324 km from St. Moritz
History
Opened	5 July 1910
Route map Ospizio Bernina forms part of the Rhaetian Railway network.
Location
Ospizio Bernina Location within Switzerland

Ospizio Bernina is a station on the Bernina Railway line between St. Moritz in Switzerland and Tirano in Italy. The station lies on the shores of Lago Bianco, near the Bernina Pass, between the Engadin and the valley of Poschiavo, in Graubünden. It is named after the homonymous hospice (ospizio in Italian) that lies on the road pass, 50 metres above the station. Administratively, the area belongs to the municipality of Poschiavo.

Ospizio Bernina, at an elevation of 2,253 metres above sea level, is both the highest station and highest point on the Bernina Railway and also on the entire Rhaetian Railway network. It is also the highest railway station in Graubünden and Eastern Switzerland. The Bernina Railway is notably the highest rail crossing in Europe. Hourly services to both direction operate on this line, throughout the year, despite harsh winter conditions. The station includes several maintenance buildings.

The railway station was opened in 1910. At the times the elevation of the station was measured to be 2,256 metres.^[2]

The front of the station

Old time plate on the facade of the station

Lago Bianco and the Bernina line just south of the station

Rhaetian Railway services

• R5 - 1tph

Preceding station		Rhatische Bahn		Following station
Bernina Lagalb toward St. Moritz		R5 R950		Alp Grüm toward Tirano

^[3]

References

1. Swisstopo topographic map
2. La Revue électrique, p. 525, 1911
3. Rhaetian Railway network

External links

• Media related to Ospizio Bernina train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Ospizio Bernina (RhB)