Langwies GR railway station

Langwies
The station building and main platform
General information
Coordinates	46°49′09″N 09°42′26″E
Elevation	1,317 m (4,321 ft)
Owned by	Rhaetian Railway
Operated by	Rhaetian Railway
Line(s)	Chur - Arosa
Distance	17.900 km (11.123 mi) from Chur
Platforms	2
History
Opened	12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)

Langwies (sometimes "Langwies GR") is a railway station on the Chur-Arosa line (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated in Langwies, lower down the hillside from the centre of the village. A minor level crossing straddles the tracks at the station.

Viaducts

Two notable railway viaducts (or bridges) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the Gründjitobel Viaduct (or Gründjitobel Bridge; German: Gründjitobel-Viadukt) which is 145m long, and a short distance up the line is the Langwieser Viaduct (or Langwies Viaduct; German: Langwieser Viadukt) .

The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering reinforced concrete structure.

Services

Hourly passenger services operate on this line (service "R4" on the Rhaetian network), between Chur and Arosa. The route is shown as timetable 930 in the Swiss national timetables. Currently all passenger trains stop at Langwies, with the exception of the late night service, which stops on request.

Preceding station		Rhätische Bahn		Following station
Template:RhB stations toward Template:RhB stations		Template:RhB lines		Template:RhB stations toward Template:RhB stations

Gallery

• 
  The station and its tracks, looking down the line
• 
  A train approaches the station - note the level crossing
• 
  A train runs through Langwies
• 
  Langwieser Viaduct
• 
  Langwies station, looking up the line
• 
  Another view of the Viaduct

References and external links

• Rhaetian Railway
• SBB Next departures from Langwies
• Photo of the station from above