Interlaken West railway station

Interlaken West is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is on the Thunersee line of the BLS AG, and is one of two stations in the town, the other being Interlaken Ost. In addition to trains operated directly by the BLS, the station is also reached by passenger trains of the Swiss Federal Railways and Deutsche Bahn.[1]

Interlaken West
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 28
Interlaken
Switzerland
Coordinates46°40′56″N 07°51′05″E
Owned byBLS AG
Line(s)Lake Thun line
Platforms2
Train operators
Connections
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station
Spiez
towards Zweisimmen
RegioExpress
Interlaken Ost
Terminus
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Spiez ICE 12 Interlaken Ost
Terminus
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Spiez EuroCity Interlaken Ost
Terminus
Spiez
towards Basel SBB
IC 61
Spiez
towards Romanshorn
IC 81
Location
Interlaken West is located in Switzerland
Interlaken West
Interlaken West
Location within Switzerland

The lines through the station are standard gauge and are electrified at 15 kV AC. There are two tracks, narrowing to a single track at either end of the station, and each track is served by a side platform. The station building is situated on the eastern platform.[1]

The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland and the regional bus line to Thun provided by Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at Interlaken West, which they access via the 2.75-kilometre (1.71 mi) long Interlaken ship canal.

History

Originally known simply as Interlaken, Interlaken West was the first station to be opened in the town, when the Bödelibahn railway reached it from Därligen, on Lake Thun in 1872. Two years later the railway was extended to Bönigen, on Lake Brienz, via Interlaken Zollhaus station.[2]

Over time, Zollhaus station became the more important station, being also served by the Brünig railway and the Bernese Oberland railway. As a result, Interlaken station was renamed Interlaken West, and Interlaken Zollhaus was renamed Interlaken Ost.[2]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Interlaken West; all eastbound/southbound trains terminate in Interlaken Ost:[3]

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "History of navigation on Lakes Thun and Brienz". BLS AG. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  3. Swiss Federal Railways (23 September 2022). "Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2022.


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