Landquart–Thusis railway


The Landquart–Thusis railway is a Swiss metre-gauge railway, which is operated by the Rhaetian Railway, running via Landquart via Grisons capital of Chur to Thusis. It is part of the RhB core network and provides a connection between the Landquart–Davos Platz railway and the Albula Railway. Between Landquart and Chur, the line runs largely parallel to the standard-gauge Chur–Rorschach railway of the Swiss Federal Railway. The line from Chur to Thusis was opened in 1896.

Description

is the starting point of the Rhaetian Railway, historically part of the Landquart–Davos railway, operationally the location of the main workshop and network. It is kilometre 0 for the measurement of distances on all core network lines.
While the passenger traffic of the SBB ends in Chur, there is a connection with the Arosa Railway and there is a link for standard gauge freight operations using a dual gauge section in Untervaz and a dual gauge section for standard-gauge freight traffic from Chur to Domat/Ems for the factory premises of Ems-Chemie and the large sawmill of Mayr-Melnhof Swiss Timber AG. All rail infrastructure is metre-gauge from Domat/Ems. The line to Disentis/Mustér branches off in Reichenau-Tamins; this connects with the trunk line of the MGB and these lines are served by Glacier Express services running between Chur and.
The line connects at Thusis directly with the Albula Railway, which continues the chainage from Landquart to St. Moritz and continues from Bever on the two branches of the Engadin line to Scuol-Tarasp and Pontresina.
Services at Trimmis station were discontinued at the timetable change on 10 December 2006. As a result, Untervaz station was renamed Untervaz-Trimmis, which reflects the uneven development of the municipality of Trimmis.

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