Brunnen railway station

Brunnen

Brunnen station looking south, with a passing ETR 470 train to the left and a calling S3 train to the right.
Location 6440 Brunnen
Ingenbohl, Schwyz, Schwyz
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°59′57″N 8°36′37″E / 46.99917°N 8.61028°E / 46.99917; 8.61028Coordinates: 46°59′57″N 8°36′37″E / 46.99917°N 8.61028°E / 46.99917; 8.61028
Elevation 435 m
Owned by SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by SBB-CFF-FFS
Line(s) Gotthard railway
Distance 20.5 km from Immensee
Platforms 4
Connections
Ship
 Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Vierwaldstättersee (800 yards from the station)
Train
 S-Bahn Luzern (S3)
Stadtbahn Zug (S2)
Bus
 Auto AG Schwyz
History
Opened 1882 (1882)
Location
Brunnen
Location within Switzerland

Brunnen is a railway station serving the resort of Brunnen, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Ingenbohl. It is located on the Gotthard railway, and is served by long-distance trains as well as by commuter and suburban trains.[1][2]

The station looking north, with the viaduct carrying Schwyzerstrasse across the line.

History

After some argument between the inhabitants of Brunnen and those of Ingenbohl about the location,[3] the station was opened in 1882, when the Gotthardbahn opened the section from Immensee to Bellinzona. In 1903 the station was rebuilt because the older station had become too small for the amount of traffic.[4] In 2004, the station became part of the networks of the S-Bahn Luzern and Stadtbahn Zug.

Services

In the 1960s and '70s, Brunnen hosted international trains to Lecce, in Italy, and Hoek van Holland, in the Netherlands.

Today Brunnen is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Locarno and Arth-Goldau which continues alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB. The station is also served by line S2 of the Stadtbahn Zug, which operates hourly between Zug, Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld, and is the terminus of line S3 of the S-Bahn Luzern, which operates hourly to and from Lucerne.[5]

Goods station

Until 2004 there was a Service Center of SBB Cargo to the north of the station. Today, the buildings are partly used by a Kart Racing track. The remainder of the building is scheduled to be demolished in the near future, in order to allow the construction of a new block of houses.

References

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers+Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ↑ Brunnen-Ingenbohl, üsi Gmeind, üses Dorf, üsi Lüüt, p.58
  4. ↑ http://www.brunnentourismus.ch/index.cfm?site=brunnentourismus.ch&page=117&lang=D&nocache=1
  5. ↑ "Abfahrt Bahnhof Brunnen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
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