Geneva Airport railway station

Genève-Aéroport

An IC train departing from the station
Location 1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°13′57″N 6°06′43″E / 46.23250°N 6.11194°E / 46.23250; 6.11194Coordinates: 46°13′57″N 6°06′43″E / 46.23250°N 6.11194°E / 46.23250; 6.11194
Owned by SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by SBB-CFF-FFS
Line(s) Olten - Genève-Aéroport
Platforms 4 (two are being refurbished as of 2014)
Connections
History
Opened 1987 (1987)
Location
Genève-Aéroport
Location within Switzerland

The Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a train station located under the runway of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève) (IATA code: GVA), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.

The station is 250 metres away from the airport terminal (under the same roof) and very near to the Palexpo fairground. Like Zürich Airport railway station, it is an underground station.

Train services

The station is a terminus station served by an average of three trains an hour. They all call at Geneva main station (Genève-Cornavin) (6 minutes away) and continue to Basel, Zurich, St. Gallen or the Valais Alps (Brig). Connections to Italy and France are available at Geneva main station.

Preceding station   SBB-CFF-FFS   Following station
TerminusSBB-CFF-FFS
toward Basel SBB
TerminusSBB-CFF-FFS
toward St. Gallen
TerminusSBB-CFF-FFS
toward Brig

See also

Media related to Genève-Aéroport train station at Wikimedia Commons


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