Biasca railway station

Biasca
Biasca
	The frontage of Biasca railway station, with Autolinee Bleniesi and Autopostale buses
General information
Location	Via Bellinzona; Biasca; Switzerland
Coordinates	46°21′7.150″N 8°58′26.994″E
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	131.8 km (81.9 mi) from Immensee
Train operators	Südostbahn; Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia;
Connections	Autolinee Bleniesi bus services; Autopostale bus services;
Other information
Fare zone	220 (arcobaleno)
Passengers
2018	1,900 per weekday
Services
Location

Biasca railway station (Italian: Stazione di Biasca) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Biasca. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the foot of the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.The line through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now used by most trains on the Gotthard route, diverges from the existing line to the south of Biasca station (but before Osogna), passing on the surface to the west of the town before entering the tunnel proper at Bodio. Biasca station can therefore only be served by trains on the slower, but much more scenic, original route.

Between 1906 and 1973, Biasca was the junction for the metre gauge Biasca–Acquarossa railway to Acquarossa in the Valle di Blenio.

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