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The station building in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Leuk Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°18′41.688″N 7°38′41.770″E / 46.31158000°N 7.64493611°E / 46.31158000; 7.64493611 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Simplon line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 117.6 km (73.1 mi) from Lausanne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8501601 (LK) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2'400 per weekday (RegionAlps, SBB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leuk railway station (French: Gare de Loèche, German: Bahnhof Leuk) is a railway station in the municipality of Leuk, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Leuk:
- InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
- Regio: half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to Saint-Gingolph.
Gallery
- platforms, underpass and railway station square (2015)
- tunnel portal at the station (2007)
- station's bus stop (2006)
- Hiking fingerpost at the station with nearby destinations and times (2022)
- old station building (1992)
- old station building (1980)
- old station building (undated, before 1980)
References
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 45. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- "Netzplan Regionalbus Leuk-Visp" (in German). RegionAlps. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Leuk, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French and German). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Leuk" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
External links
- Media related to Leuk railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Leuk railway station – SBB
- Leuk railway station – RegionAlps (in French)