The S10 is a railway service that runs every half-hour between and in the Swiss canton of
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
. Every other train is extended from Chiasso to , in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
.
Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia
TILO ( it, Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia) is a limited company established in 2004 as a joint venture between Italian railway company Trenord and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS); both companies participate in the equity of TIL ...
(TILO), a joint venture of
Swiss Federal Railways and
Trenord
Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional passenger trains in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to manage train ope ...
, operates the service.
Operations
The S10 runs every half hour from to , using the
Gotthard line
The Gotthard railway (german: Gotthardbahn; it, Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino. The line forms a major part of an important international railway link between nort ...
. The S10 uses the
Ceneri Base Tunnel
The Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT, it, Galleria di base del Monte Ceneri) is a Swiss railway base tunnel in the canton of Ticino. It passes under Monte Ceneri between Camorino in the Magadino Flat and Vezia near Lugano; it bypasses the former h ...
between and , bypassing the traditional Gotthard route. South of Chiasso, every other train continues to in Italy, providing hourly service between there and Biasca. The S10 and
S50 operate as a single train between Biasca and .
History
The S10 was introduced in 2004 as a regular service between and Chiasso, eventually with a 30-minute frequency. The Between December 2008 and December 2013 the southern terminus was extended to , in Italy. It was again extended Albate-Camerlata in December 2015, and then cut back to Como San Giovanni in September 2018.
The opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel transformed regional services in Ticino. On 5 April 2021, the S10 and S50 began using the tunnel and bypassing all local stops between Giubiasco and Lugano. The northern terminus moved from Bellinzona to Biasca.
References
External links
Official site
{{Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia, lines=yes
Rail transport in Ticino
Transport in Lombardy