Brunnen railway station

Brunnen railway station (German: Bahnhof 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.[5][1]

Brunnen
Island platform with passing trains and a station building to the right
Brunnen station looking south, with a passing ETR 470 train to the left and a calling S3 train to the right.
General information
LocationIngenbohl
Switzerland
Coordinates46°59′57.019″N 8°36′36.148″E
Elevation439 m (1,440 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Distance20.5 km (12.7 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms2
Tracks3
Train operators
Connections
Other information
Fare zone670 (Tarifverbund Schwyz)[3]
History
Opened1882 (1882)
Passengers
20183,000 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Schwyz
towards Basel SBB
 IR 26 Flüelen
towards Locarno
Schwyz
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 IR 46
Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station
Schwyz
towards Baar Lindenpark
 S2 Sisikon
towards Erstfeld
Preceding station Lucerne S-Bahn Following station
Schwyz
towards Lucerne
 S3 Terminus
Location

History

After some argument between the inhabitants of Brunnen and those of Ingenbohl about the location,[6] 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.[7] In 2004, the station became part of the networks of the S-Bahn Luzern and Stadtbahn Zug.

Layout

Brunnen has a side platform and an island platform serving tracks numbered 2 and 4–5, respectively.[8]

Services

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

Today Brunnen is served by an hourly InterRegio trains between Locarno and Arth-Goldau which continue alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB. The station is also served by line S2 of the Zug Stadtbahn, which operates hourly between Zug, Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld, and is the terminus of line S3 of the Lucerne S-Bahn, which operates hourly to and from Lucerne.[9]

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. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Liniennetz Schwyz–Weggis" (PDF) (in German). Auto AG Schwyz. 13 December 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. "Tarifzonen" (in German). Tarifverbund Schwyz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  6. Brunnen-Ingenbohl, üsi Gmeind, üses Dorf, üsi Lüüt, p.58
  7. "BRUNNEN TOURISMUS: Brunnen, Ihr Ferienort am Vierwaldstättersee im Herzen der Schweiz". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  8. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  9. "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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