Chêne-Bourg railway station
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Chêne-Bourg Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°11′47.760″N 6°11′50.399″E / 46.19660000°N 6.19733306°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 414 m (1,358 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 73.1 km (45.4 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | tpg : gare-Place, gare-Tour, Place Favre[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes (499 spaces) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (296 spaces) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8516274 (CHEB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 (unireso)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 December 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 5'700 per weekday[4] (SBB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chêne-Bourg railway station (French: Gare de Chêne-Bourg) is a railway station in the municipality of Chêne-Bourg, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge CEVA orbital railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
History
The original station opened on 27 May 1888, on the Annemasse-Genève-Eaux-Vives line between Genève-Eaux-Vives and Annemasse.[5] The station closed in 1987 in favor of the newly opened station at Ambilly; this was done so that customs control could be centralized at Genève-Eaux-Vives. The station building was preserved, and re-opened from 2011–2013 to handle TER services after construction on the new CEVA orbital railway line led to the closure of Genève-Eaux-Vives.[6]
As part of the CEVA project, a new underground station was built at Chêne-Bourg; the original station building was moved about 40 metres (130 ft) but remains standing. The new station opened on 15 December 2019.
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Chêne-Bourg:[7][8]
- RegioExpress: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and St-Maurice, and hourly service from St-Maurice to Martigny (only on weekdays).
- Léman Express L1 / L2 / L3 / L4: service every fifteen minutes between Coppet and Annemasse; from Annemasse every hour to Annecy, half-hourly or hourly service or service every two hours to Évian-les-Bains and every two hours to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet.
Notes
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 40, 69. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Plan de réseau TPG" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ Frommel & Arikok 2004, pp. 200–231.
- ^ Dethurens, Chloé (25 October 2011). "La gare de Chêne-Bourg va rouvrir". Tribune de Genève (in French). Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Annemasse - Genève - Coppet (LEMAN EXPRESS, Lignes RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4)" (PDF) (in French). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Chêne-Bourg" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
References
- Frommel, Bénédict; Arikok, Enis (2004). Les chemins de fer du Canton de Genève: étude historique, 1840-1960 (in French). Geneva: Service des monuments et sites. OCLC 604066418.
External links
- Media related to Chêne-Bourg railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Chêne-Bourg railway station – SBB
- Chêne-Bourg railway station – Léman Express