Flüelen railway station

Flüelen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Flüelen. It is located on the Gotthard railway. The station is situated between the parallel Axenstrasse, the main road through Flüelen, and Bahnhofstrasse, with the main station buildings on Bahnhofstrasse.[4]

Flüelen
The station building in 2015
LocationBahnhofstrasse 1
Flüelen
Switzerland
Coordinates46°54′6.228″N 8°37′27.491″E
Elevation436 m (1,430 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Distance32.3 km (20.1 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms3
Train operators
Connections
Passengers
20181,800 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Arth-Goldau
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 InterCity
IC 2
Limited service
 Bellinzona
towards Lugano
Arth-Goldau
towards Basel SBB
 InterCity
IC 21
Limited service
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Brunnen
towards Basel SBB
 InterRegio
IR 26
 Erstfeld
towards Locarno
Brunnen
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 InterRegio
IR 46
Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station
Sisikon
towards Baar Lindenpark
 S2 Erstfeld
Terminus
Location

Flüelen is served by an hourly InterRegio trains between Locarno and Arth-Goldau which continue alternately either to Basel SBB or Zürich HB, and by line S2 of the Stadtbahn Zug, which operates hourly to Baar Lindenpark. Several InterCity trains that run from Zürich to Lugano also stop at the station.[5]

Flüelen pier, on Lake Lucerne, lies on the opposite side of Bahnhofstrasse, allowing connections between trains and the boat services provided by the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (Lake Lucerne Navigation Company; SGV). This interchange forms a key part of the William Tell Express, a tourist oriented combined paddle steamer and rail service that connects Lucerne and Locarno.[6][7]

Buses operated by PostBus Switzerland serve a stop in front of the station in Bahnhofstrasse. Local buses operated by Auto AG Uri serve a stop on Axenstrasse, accessible from the station subway.

The station building is included in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance. Between 1906 and 1951, the station was also the terminus of the Altdorf–Flüelen tramway, a metre gauge tramway.[1][8]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Flüelen:[5]

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Linienplan" (PDF). Auto AG Uri. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  5. "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. Allen, Cecil J. (1958). Switzerland's Amazing Railways. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 31.
  7. "Wilhelm Tell Express". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  8. "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Uri" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Uri] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2012-08-30.


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