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Chur Altstadt railway station

Railway station in Switzerland

Summary

Railway station in Switzerland

Field	Value
style	Rhaetian Railway
name	Chur Altstadt
former	Chur Stadt (until 2018)
image	Chur Stadt 2010 2.jpg
alt	Shelter on street-side platform next to river
caption	The halt in 2010 with St Martin's Church behind and the Cathedral further to the right
address	Plessurquai
borough	Chur
country	Switzerland
coordinates
elevation	595 m
owned	Rhaetian Railway (since 1942); Chur-Arosa-Bahn (1914-1942)
line	Chur–Arosa line
distance	0.762 km from
platforms	1
train_operators	Rhaetian Railway
connections	Postauto and local buses
opened
closed
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Rhaetian Railway
line1	RE 6	left1=Chur	right1=Langwies GR
line2	R 16	left2=Chur	right2=Lüen-Castiel
mapframe	yes
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Chur Altstadt railway station is a small railway station (essentially a street halt) on the Chur–Arosa railway (the "Arosabahn") of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It is situated near the old town (Altstadt) of Chur, on Plessurquai by the Plessur river, less than a kilometre (0.76 km) from the main railway station of the city. It was called Chur Stadt railway station until 8 December 2018.

The halt is closer to the shops, bars and attractions of the old town than the main station. A number of local and Postauto (see below) bus services converge at Malteser, located nearby where Grabenstrasse and Engadinstrasse converge. A footbridge ("Praximerbrüggli") connects the halt with Lindenquai, on the other side of the river.

Stadtbahn

Chur Sand depot; the Plessur and main running line are on the left

The Chur stadtbahn ("town railway") is the part of the RhB line from Chur to Arosa which passes through the centre of the city of Chur, with on-street running. The line starts on Bahnhofplatz, in front of the main railway station, where that station's platforms for the Arosa line are. The line runs along Engadinstrasse from the Bahnhofplatz to the old town, where it then runs briefly along Grabenstrasse and then alongside the Plessur river on Plessurquai ("Plessur Quay"). After Chur Altstadt station, the line continues to run on the road alongside the river, heading up into the suburb of Sand and along Sandstrasse, which is the location of a compact permanent way depot ("Chur Sand") at 1.42 km from the beginning of the line. Shortly after Sand, at Sassal (where there was once a small station on the line, now not used) the line diverges from the road, which crosses the Plessau, and begins its mountainous ascent via the Sassal tunnels.

Postauto connection

Postauto bus services 90.001 (to Tamins and Rhäzüns), 90.041 (to Peist), 90.042 (to Tschiertschen), and 90.181/182 (to Lenzerheide, Tiefencastel, Bivio and St. Moritz) call at the nearby Malteser bus stop.

Services

the following services stop at Chur Altstadt:

RegioExpress: four round-trips per day between and
Regio: hourly service between Chur and Arosa.

Gallery

File:Chur Stadt 2010 4.jpg|The halt seen from Lindenquai; the Praximerbrüggli footbridge is shown and the Calanda mountain looms in the background File:Chur Stadt 2010 1.jpg|A train waits at the halt File:Chur Arosa Bahn01.jpg|A train leaves the Bahnhofplatz, onto the Stadtbahn on Engadinstrasse File:Chur Arosa near Sand.jpg|A train heading up the line out of Sand

References

[http://www.buschur.ch/ Chur town bus services]
[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/90.001.pdf Postauto] 90.001 timetable
[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/90.041.pdf Postauto] 90.041 timetable
[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/90.042.pdf Postauto] 90.042 timetable
[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/90.181.pdf Postauto] 90.181 timetable
[http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2010/90.182.pdf Postauto] 90.182 timetable
(13 October 2023). "Chur - Arosa". Bundesamt für Verkehr.

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