Zweisimmen railway station

Zweisimmen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zweisimmen) is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Spiez–Zweisimmen line (from north) and of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Montreux–Zweisimmen and Zweisimmen–Lenk im Simmental lines (separately from south, Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line). The station is across the street from the valley station of the gondola to the top of the Rinderberg.[1]

Zweisimmen
Station building with tracks
The station building in 2014
General information
LocationZweisimmen
Switzerland
Coordinates46°33′12.6″N 7°22′29.6″E
Elevation941 m (3,087 ft)
Owned by
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks7
Train operators
ConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone843 (Libero)[3]
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station
Terminus RegioExpress
 Boltigen
towards Interlaken Ost
Regio
 Grubenwald
towards Bern
Preceding station Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway Following station
Gstaad
towards Montreux
 GoldenPass Express Spiez
towards Interlaken Ost
Saanenmöser
towards Montreux
 Panorama Express
 Terminus
Oeschseite
towards Montreux
 Regio
Terminus Regio
 Blankenburg
towards Lenk im Simmental
Location
Zweisimmen is located in Switzerland
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen
Location within Switzerland
Zweisimmen is located in Canton of Bern
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen (Canton of Bern)

Layout

Zweisimmen has three island platforms and one side platform. The westernmost platform is an island platform serving tracks 3 and 4. These are metre gauge tracks serving the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminate at the station. The next platform east is another island platform. On the west side is track 5, also a metre gauge track that terminates at the station. On the east side is track 6, one of two dual gauge through tracks that connects the Montreux–Zweisimmen railway line with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway. Next to that platform is the third island platform, serving tracks 7 and 8. Track 7, like 6, is a dual-gauge track. Track 8 is a metre gauge track serving trains to Lenk im Simmental over the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminates at the station. Finally, on the east side of the station is a side platform serving track 12. Track 12 connects with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway line and terminates at the station.[4][5]

Map showing track layout at Zweisimmen
The track layout at Zweisimmen

Services

The following services stop at Zweisimmen:[6][7]

  • Dual Gauge track
    Dual Gauge track
  • train shed (2014)
    train shed (2014)
  • MOB (1000mm) and BLS (1435mm) (2022)
    MOB (1000mm) and BLS (1435mm) (2022)
  • hiking destinations (2018)
    hiking destinations (2018)
  • aerial view (2022)
    aerial view (2022)

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Boltigen - Zweisimmen (Linie 270)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. "Trafimage Webkarten". maps.trafimage.ch. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. "Perron-/Gleisübersicht BLS Netz AG" (PDF). BLS AG. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. "Montreux - Château-d'Oex - Gstaad - Zweisimmen - Lenk im Simmental" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. "Spiez - Zweisimmen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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