Ependes VD railway station
Ependes VD | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2010, during the sugar beet harvest | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Épendes Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°44′47.090″N 6°36′27.590″E / 46.74641389°N 6.60766389°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 439 m (1,440 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jura Foot line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 32.7 km (20.3 mi) from Lausanne[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 35 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 15 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 8501110 (EP) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 41 (mobilis)[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Ependes (until 2020) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 120 per weekday[3] (SBB) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Ependes VD railway station (French: Gare d'Ependes VD) is a railway station in the municipality of Épendes, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
History
[edit]Ependes railway station was inaugurated in 1855 with the opening of the Bussigny to Yverdon-les-Bains section of the Jura Foot line. The current passenger building was built in 1923 and converted in 1959. The guardhouse is the original and has been preserved more or less in its original state[4].
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Ependes VD:[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Plan de zones tarifaires". Mobilis Vaud. December 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Ependes, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ Hans Peter Bärtschi (1983). "GD_BAU_SBB64_0088 Ependes (VD), 1983-1984 (Dossier)" (PDF). www.sbbarchiv.ch (in French and German). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Lausanne - Yverdon-les-Bains - Neuchâtel - Biel/Bienne (RER Vaud Lignes R1, R2)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Gare de Ependes VD" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
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Media related to Ependes railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Ependes VD railway station – SBB
