Morges railway station (French: Gare de Morges) is a railway station in the municipality of Morges, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Geneva line of Swiss Federal Railways and the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge Bière–Apples–Morges line of Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC).[1]
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Location | Morges Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°30′40.0″N 6°29′38.4″E / 46.511111°N 6.494000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 381 m (1,250 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | MBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes (282 spaces) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes (254 spaces) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8501037 (MOR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 30 (mobilis)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 24'200 per weekday[3] (SBB (excluding MBC)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Layout and connections
editMorges has two island platforms and a side platform serving five passenger tracks.[4] The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge trains of the Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC) use track No. 5, on the north side of the station; the standard gauge trains of Swiss Federal Railways use the other four tracks.[5] MBC also operates bus services from the station.[6]
Services
editAs of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Morges:[5][7][8]
- InterRegio:
- RegioExpress: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and St-Maurice, and hourly service from St-Maurice to Martigny. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport.
- Regio: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) to Bière.
- RER Vaud R8 / R9: half-hourly service between Allaman and Payerne, with every other train continuing from Payerne to Murten/Morat.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 29, 41, 70. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Saint-Prex, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Départ: Gare de Morges" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Plans du réseau MBC" (in French). Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Genève-Aéroport - Genève - Nyon - Morges - Lausanne (RER Vaud, Lignes R5, R6)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Morges - Apples - Bière" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
External links
edit- Media related to Morges railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Morges railway station – SBB