Genève-Cornavin railway station

railway station in Switzerland
TrainStation junction_station Q800819
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Summary

Genève-Cornavin railway station is a junction station[1]. It draws 978 Wikipedia views per month (junction station category, ranking #4 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Geneva[3], Canton of Geneva[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Transport network: Léman Express[6], TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[7]
  • Instance of: border train station[8], railway station[9]
  • Connecting line: Lausanne–Geneva railway[10], Ligne de Genève à La Plaine[11], railway extension Geneva-Annemasse[12], Lyon–Geneva railway[13]
  • Architect: Julien Flegenheimer[14]
  • Owned by: Swiss Federal Railways[15]
  • Operator: Swiss Federal Railways[16]
  • Architectural style: Neoclassicalism[17]
  • Adjacent station: Vernier railway station[18], Lancy-Pont-Rouge railway station[19], Geneva Airport railway station[20], Genève-Sécheron railway station[21], Railway station SBB[22], Nyon railway station[23], Coppet railway station[24]
  • Postal code: 1201[25]
  • Station code: GE[26]
  • Part of: list of cultural properties in Geneva[27]
  • Commons category: Genève Cornavin railway station[28]
  • Inception: 1858[29]
  • Significant event: conflagration[30]
  • Interchange station: Gare Cornavin[31]
  • Official website: https://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/at-the-station/railway-stations/geneva-station.html[32]
  • Number of platform tracks: 8[33]
  • Connecting service: Lyria[34], IC 1[35], EuroCity[36], RE 33[37], Léman Express Line 6[38], Léman Express Line 5[39], Léman Express Line 1[40], Léman Express Line 2[41], Léman Express Line 3[42], Léman Express Line 4[43], Q120094795[44], IR 15[45], IR 90[46], IR 95[47]
  • Heritage designation: class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[48]
  • Official name: Genève[49]
  • Date of official opening: January 1, 1858[50]
  • Elevation above sea level: 392 m[51]
  • Open days: Saturday and Sunday[52], Monday to Friday[53]

Why It Matters

Genève-Cornavin railway station has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Retrieved . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of Regional Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . data.sbb.ch. Retrieved . data.sbb.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . data.sbb.ch. Retrieved . data.sbb.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . data.sbb.ch. Retrieved . data.sbb.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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