Ospizio Bernina station
| Ospizio Bernina | |
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 Railway station in winter with RhB ABe 4/4 II No. 47
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| IBNR | 8509356 |
| opening | June 1, 1909 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Nicolaus Hartmann |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Poschiavo |
| Canton | Grisons |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 798 437 / 142 959 |
| Height ( SO ) | 2253 m |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Switzerland | |
The Ospizio Bernina station (Bernina Hospiz) is 2253 m above sea level. M. the highest train station in the network of the Rhaetian Railway . As a special feature, the station on the Bernina Pass has a covered turntable for the snow blower .
location
The station is located on the Bernina Pass at the highest point of the Bernina Railway on the shores of Lago Bianco in the municipality of Poschiavo . The Bernina Hospital is on the street east of the train station. The Piz Campasc ( 2598 m above sea level ) is located 2.3 kilometers southeast of the station .
The UN / LOCODE for the station is CH OBA .
history
On June 1, 1909, the station went into operation with the extension of the Bernina Railway from Pontresina via Morteratsch . On July 5, 1910, the gap from the Bernina Pass via Alp Grüm to Poschiavo was closed. The line was electrified from the start. A civil servants' residence from 1912 according to plans by the architect Nicolaus Hartmann and the transformer station have been preserved from the time the station was built . The station originally had the official German name, Berninahospiz .
The station building was also expanded in 1925 according to plans by Nicolaus Hartmann. The covered turntable, which was also built in the course of the station extension, is also based on his designs. Hartmann also planned the building of the next station on the Bernina Railway, Alp Grüm.
Investments
The station ensemble, consisting of a reception building with a restaurant, converter station, civil servants' residence and coach house, forms the "Bernina Hospice Ensemble, which is important in terms of railway history". The station building is a neoclassical building with a triangular gable facing the tracks, giving the building a special width. The building consists of two floors and a gable roof with side projections . The appearance of the building is characterized by the use of rubble stone materials for the design of the facade.
In the southern part of the station area there is an ensemble of a civil servants' residence from 1912, a transformer station and a shed with a turntable, also by Nicolaus Hartmann. The civil servants' residence is built in the Engadine style with an asymmetrical shape and has an outside staircase with a brick parapet. An extension had been structurally prepared, but was not realized. To the northwest of the reception building there is a flat-roofed building, which was probably built in the 1930s as a workers' house for the power plant on Lago Bianco and which was influenced by the New Building ; A flat-roofed building below the coach house served as the power station's pumping station.
The station has three continuous tracks; The turntable is located in the southern part of the station. The station building is to the east of the tracks and houses a restaurant with overnight accommodation.
photos
Train station with regional train
type ABe 8/12 in the direction of Tirano
Panoramic shot from a standing train
Entrance to the rotary disk of the snow blower
Snow blower Xrot et 9218 in the train station
Height indication
2017
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhaetian Railway on rhb.ch
- ↑ a b c d Bündner Bautenverzeichnis 1800–1970 ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.0 MB), directory no .: 619
- ↑ a b Rhaetian Railway, candidacy dossier for the Unesco World Heritage award ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), p. 133
- ↑ a b Bündner Bautenverzeichnis 1800–1970 ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.0 MB), directory no .: 618
