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Coordinates: 46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E / 46.819332000; 9.707129500
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|name = Langwies
| style = Rhaetian Railway
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| name = Langwies GR
|image = Langwies 2010 2.JPG
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|image_caption = The station building and main platform
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|address = 7057 Langwies<br />[[Langwies]], [[Plessur (district)|Plessur]], [[Graubünden]]
|country = Switzerland
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|elevation = {{convert|1317|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| image = Langwies 2010 2.JPG
|line = [[Chur–Arosa railway|Chur–Arosa]]
| alt = Three-story chalet-style building
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| caption = The station building and main platform in 2010
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|connections = Local buses
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|distance = {{convert|17.900|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br>from [[Chur (Rhaetian Railway station)|Chur]]
|platform = 2
| borough = [[Arosa]]
|opened = {{Start date|1914|12|12|df=y}}
| country = [[Switzerland]]
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| coordinates = {{WikidataCoord|Q15241547|region:CH-GR_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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|owned = [[Rhaetian Railway]]
|operator = Rhaetian Railway
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|route_map = [[File:KARTE rhb.png|250px]] Langwies forms part of the [[Rhaetian Railway]] network.
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| line = [[Chur–Arosa railway|Chur–Arosa line]]
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|map_caption = Location within Switzerland
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| distance = {{convert|17.900|km}} from {{rws|Chur}}
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| train_operators = [[Rhaetian Railway]]
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| connections = Local buses
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'''Langwies''' (sometimes "Langwies [[Graubünden|GR]]") is a [[railway station]] on the [[Chur–Arosa railway]] (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.
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'''Langwies GR railway station''', often just '''Langweis railway station''', is a [[railway station]] on the [[Chur–Arosa railway]] (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==
==Viaducts==
Two notable railway [[viaduct]]s (or [[bridge]]s) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the [[Gründjitobel Viaduct]] (or Gründjitobel Bridge; [[German language|German]]: ''Gründjitobel-Viadukt'') which is 145[[metre|m]] long, and a short distance up the line is the [[Langwieser Viaduct]] (or Langwies Viaduct; [[German language|German]]: ''Langwieser Viadukt'') .
Two notable railway [[viaduct]]s (or [[bridge]]s) carry the line over deep valleys near to Langwies. Down the line (towards Chur) is the [[Gründjitobel Viaduct]] (or Gründjitobel Bridge; [[German language|German]]: ''Gründjitobel-Viadukt'') which is 145[[metre|m]] long, and a short distance up the line is the [[Langwieser Viaduct]] (or Langwies Viaduct; [[German language|German]]: ''Langwieser Viadukt'').


The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=2009-05-01 }} 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang|de}} accessed 27-Oct-2009</ref> It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering [[reinforced concrete]] structure.
The latter viaduct is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=2009-05-01 }} 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang|de}} accessed 27-Oct-2009</ref> It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering [[reinforced concrete]] structure.


==Services==
==Services==
The following services stop at Langwies GR:<ref name="fpf930">{{cite web | url = https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2020/930.pdf | title = Chur - Arosa | lang=de | publisher = Bundesamt für Verkehr | date=3 October 2019 | accessdate = 26 June 2020}}</ref>
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 [[request stop|on request]].<ref>[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/930.pdf Timetable 930: Chur-Arosa-Chur]</ref>


* [[Regio (Swiss railway train)|Regio]]: hourly service between {{rws|Chur}} and {{rws|Arosa}}.
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{{s-line|system=RhB|previous=Litzirüti|line=R4|next=Peist}}
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==Gallery==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.rhb.ch/index.php?id=891&L=4 Rhaetian Railway]
* {{RhB web|langwies}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192254/http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/bhftafel.exe/en?input=8509155&boardType=dep&time=now&selectDate=today&start=yes SBB] Next departures from Langwies
* [http://www.bahnbilder.de/name/einzelbild/number/324766/kategorie/Schweiz~Rh%E4tische+Bahn~Strecke+Arosabahn+Ch-A.html Photo of the station from above]


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Revision as of 14:29, 26 June 2020

Langwies GR
Three-story chalet-style building
The station building and main platform in 2010
General information
LocationArosa
Switzerland
Coordinates46°49′9.5952″N 9°42′25.6662″E / 46.819332000°N 9.707129500°E / 46.819332000; 9.707129500
Elevation1,317 m (4,321 ft)
Owned byRhaetian Railway
Line(s)Chur–Arosa line
Distance17.900 kilometres (11.123 mi) from Chur
Platforms2
Train operatorsRhaetian Railway
ConnectionsLocal buses
History
Opened12 December 1914 (1914-12-12)
Services
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Location
Langwies GR is located in Switzerland
Langwies GR
Langwies GR
Location within Switzerland
Langwies GR is located in Canton of Graubünden
Langwies GR
Langwies GR
Langwies GR (Canton of Graubünden)

Langwies GR railway station, often just Langweis railway station, is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway (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.[1] It is 284m long (though some sources state it as 287m) and, like the former viaduct, is a pioneering reinforced concrete structure.

Services

The following services stop at Langwies GR:[2]

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

References

  1. ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 27-Oct-2009
  2. ^ "Chur - Arosa" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.


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