Elevation 274 m (899 ft) AMSL Opened 6 December 1874 | Owned by Swiss Federal Railways Owner Swiss Federal Railways | |
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Operated by Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO)
Monte Generoso railway (MG) Line(s) Gotthard railway
Monte Generoso railway Distance 194.6 km (120.9 mi) from Immensee Platforms 3 (main line)
1 (Monte Generoso railway) Address 6825 Capolago, Switzerland Similar Maroggia‑Melano railway station, Spiez railway station, Lamone‑Cadempino railway station, Rivera‑Bironico railway station, Mezzovico railway station | ||
Capolago-Riva San Vitale is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is in the village of Capolago, part of the municipality of Mendrisio, but, as its name suggests, also serves the adjoining municipality of Riva San Vitale. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and on the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway to the summit of Monte Generoso.
The station is served by the following passenger trains:
The station features three platforms on the Gotthardbahn, whilst the Monte Generoso trains stop at a streetside location in front of the station. The single track to Monte Generoso leaves the station to the south, immediately climbing to a flyover over the main line, and also continues to the north serving the railway's car shed, workshops, and lakeside terminal stop.
Buses of the Autolinea Mendrisiense and AutoPostale serve stops outside the station, providing links to Arogno, Brusino, Melano, Mendrisio, Porto Ceresio, Riva San Vitale and Rovio.
Until 1948, the street outside the station contained not only the 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge tracks of the Monte Generoso railway, but also the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge tracks of the Mendrisio electric tramway, which linked Chiasso with Riva San Vitale via Mendrisio and Capolago.