Aigle railway station

Railway station in Aigle, Switzerland
Distance39.3 km (24.4 mi) from Lausanne[1]Platforms9Tracks10Train operators
Connections
[2]ConstructionParking345Bicycle facilities81AccessibleYesOther informationStation code8501400 (AIG)Fare zone80 (mobilis)[3]Passengers202311'400 per weekday[4] (RegionAlps, SBB (excluding TPC)) Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Montreux IR 90 St-Maurice
towards Brig
Villeneuve VD
towards Annemasse or Geneva Airport
 RE33 Bex
towards St-Maurice
Roche VD
towards Renens VD
 RegioExpress
Limited service
Vevey VosAlpes Express Bex
towards Le Châble
Preceding station RER Vaud Following station
Roche VD
towards Vallorbe
 R3 Bex
towards St-Maurice
Villeneuve VD
towards Le Brassus or Vallorbe
 R4 Terminus
R4
Limited service
 Bex
towards St-Maurice
Preceding station Transports Publics du Chablais Following station
Terminus R70 Aigle-Place-du-Marché
towards Leysin-Grand-Hôtel
R71 Aigle-Place-du-Marché
towards Les Diablerets
Aigle-Hôpital
towards Monthey-Ville or Champéry
 R72 Terminus
Location
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Aigle railway station (French: Gare d'Aigle) is a railway station in the municipality of Aigle, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the terminus of three 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge lines operated by Transports Publics du Chablais: the Aigle–Leysin, Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry, and Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets lines.[1]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Aigle:[5]

  • InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
  • VosAlpes Express: daily direct service between Le Châble and Fribourg/Freiburg on weekends between December and April.
  • RegioExpress:
  • Regio:
    • half-hourly service to Monthey-Ville, with every other train continuing to Champéry.
    • hourly service to Les Diablerets.
    • hourly service to Leysin-Grand-Hôtel.
  • RER Vaud R3 / R4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service to Vallorbe; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 42. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Plan de réseau TPC" (PDF) (in French). Transports Publics du Chablais. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Aigle, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ "Départ: Gare de Aigle" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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