Lugano-Paradiso railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Paradiso
Borough:Paradiso
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Line:Gotthard line
Distance:182.8km (113.6miles) from Immensee
Train Operators:Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
Zone:100 (arcobaleno)[1]
Passengers:980 per weekday[2]
Pass Year:2018
Mapframe:yes

Paradiso railway station (Italian: Stazione di Paradiso) is a railway station in the municipality of Paradiso in the Swiss canton of Ticino (named Lugano-Paradiso until December 2022). The station is on the Gotthard railway of the Swiss Federal Railways, between Lugano and Chiasso.[3] The station opened in 1945 and was renovated in 2018.[4]

Services

the following services stop at Lugano-Paradiso:[5]

The Monte San Salvatore funicular crosses above Paradiso railway station on a bridge. Its lower terminal is some walk to the north of the station.[6]

Urban bus route 1 of the Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL) serves a stop on the south side of the station, as do regional buses of the AutoPostale to Agnuzzo, Bissone, Carabietta and Morcote. TPL urban routes 1 and 2 also serve the Paradiso Gerreta stop some to the north of the station at Paradiso Gerreta.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno – Piano delle zone . it . Comunità tariffale Arcobaleno . 2020 . 7 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . September 2019 . 7 January 2021 . Swiss Federal Railways.
  3. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2012-07-17.
  4. News: 7 December 2018 . Paradiso, inaugurata la stazione . it . . 2020-06-28.
  5. Web site: Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano . Bundesamt für Verkehr . it . 16 November 2021 . 2 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Schema di rete - Trasporti pubblici . Italian . Network diagram - Public transport . Canton of Ticino . 2012-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030124438/http://www4.ti.ch/dt/dstm/sm/temi/trasporti-pubblici/rete-dei-trasporti/schema-di-rete/ . 2012-10-30 .