Genève-Champel railway station

Genève-Champel
A Léman Express train at the station in 2020
General information
Location	Geneva Switzerland
Coordinates	46°11′31.895″N 6°9′12.596″E
Elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	CEVA
Distance	68.9 km (42.8 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	tpg : gare, gare/Hôpital, gare/Peschier[2]
Trolleybus	trolleybus lines
Bus	bus lines
Construction
Bicycle facilities	38
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8516272 (CHHO)
Fare zone	10 (unireso)[3]
History
Opened	15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)
Passengers
2023	6'400 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Lancy-Bachet towards St-Maurice or Martigny RE33 Genève-Eaux-Vives towards Annemasse Lancy-Pont-Rouge One-way operation Preceding station Léman Express Following station Lancy-Bachet towards Coppet L1 Genève-Eaux-Vives towards Évian-les-Bains L2 Genève-Eaux-Vives towards Annecy L3 Genève-Eaux-Vives towards Saint-Gervais L4 Genève-Eaux-Vives towards Annemasse
Location

Genève-Champel railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Champel) is a railway station in the municipality of Geneva, in the Swiss canton of Geneva. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge CEVA orbital railway line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1] The station opened in December 2019 as part of the launch of the new Léman Express network.[5] During the planning and development process the station was known as Champel-Hôpital.[6]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Genève-Champel:[7][8]

• RegioExpress: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and Vevey, and hourly service from Vevey to St-Maurice (only on weekdays).
• Léman Express L1 / L2 / L3 / L4: service every fifteen minutes between Coppet and Annemasse; from Annemasse every hour to Annecy, half-hourly or hourly service or service every two hours to Évian-les-Bains and every two hours to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 52, 68. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
2. "Plan de réseau TG" (PDF) (in French). Geneva Public Transport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
3. "Plan tarifaire" (in French). unireso. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Geneva, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. Lecomte, Christian (15 December 2019). "Le Léman Express, marche ou grève". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
6. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
7. "Annemasse - Genève - Coppet (LEMAN EXPRESS, Lignes RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4)" (PDF) (in French). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
8. "Départ: Gare de Genève-Champel" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

External links

• Media related to Genève-Champel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Genève-Champel railway station – SBB