Lugano FLP railway station

Lugano FLP railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lugano FLP) is a railway station in the municipality of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa line of Ferrovie Luganesi. The station is located in the forecourt of Swiss Federal Railways' main-line Lugano railway station.

Lugano FLP
Parked trains at station
The station in 2012
General information
LocationLugano
Switzerland
Coordinates46°0′16.200″N 8°56′51.353″E
Owned byFerrovie Luganesi
Line(s)Lugano–Ponte Tresa line
Train operatorsFerrovie Luganesi
History
Opened1912 (1912)
Services
Preceding station Ferrovie Luganesi Following station
Sorengo
towards Ponte Tresa
 S60 Terminus
Location
Lugano FLP is located in Switzerland
Lugano FLP
Lugano FLP
Location within Switzerland
Lugano FLP is located in Canton of Ticino
Lugano FLP
Lugano FLP
Lugano FLP (Canton of Ticino)

The station and line opened in 1912.[1] Between 1990 and 1992 the Lugano FLP station was renovated and expanded. The street level building is now a restaurant, although the platforms remain in use at the lower level.[2]

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Lugano FLP:[3]

  • S60: service every fifteen minutes to Ponte Tresa on weekdays and half-hourly on weekends.

References
  1. "Storia" [History] (in Italian). FLP. Archived from the original on 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  2. "Cenni Storici Sulla Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa - 1981-2012" [History of the Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway - 1981-2012] (in Italian). Ferrovie Luganesi. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  3. "Lugano - Ponte Tresa (Linea S60)" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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