Peist (Rhaetian Railway station)

Peist

Peist station from above.
Location Station
7029 Peist
Plessur, Graubünden
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°49′46″N 09°40′18″E / 46.82944°N 9.67167°E / 46.82944; 9.67167Coordinates: 46°49′46″N 09°40′18″E / 46.82944°N 9.67167°E / 46.82944; 9.67167
Elevation 1,244 m (4,081 ft)
Owned by Rhaetian Railway
Operated by Rhaetian Railway
Line(s) Chur - Arosa
Distance 14.353 km (8.919 mi)
from Chur
Platforms 2
Connections Postauto and local buses
History
Opened 12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Route map
Peist forms part of the Rhaetian Railway network.
Location
Peist
Location within Switzerland

Peist is a railway station on the Chur-Arosa line (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated very near to Peist.

Postauto connection

Postauto bus service 90.041 terminates/begins at Peist's Schulhaus, which is slightly less than a kilometre (by road) from the station. The bus route serves (places listed from Peist): Sankt Peter, Pagig, Tura, Castiel, Calfreisen, Sax and Maladers, before entering Chur.[1]

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 passenger trains stop at Peist only on request and the morning/late afternoon express services run in January & February do not call here.[2]

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

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