Schwanden railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwanden) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, and serves the village of Schwanden.[5][1]
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 The station building in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Glarus Süd, Glarus Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°59′48.667″N 9°4′38.878″E / 46.99685194°N 9.07746611°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 521 m (1,709 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 73.8 km (45.9 mi) from Zürich[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Sernftalbus[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 903, 904, and 911 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,500 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Between 1905 and 1969, the station was the terminus of the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge tramway that ran up the valley of the Sernf to Elm, and was the predecessor of the Sernftalbus service on the same route.[6]
Services
editS-Bahn
editThe station is served by Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zurich and Linthal. It is also the terminus of the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 from/to Rapperswil. This service continues to Linthal during off-peak hours. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden.[7]
As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following rail services stop at Schwanden:[7]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: hourly service to Rapperswil (and hourly service to Linthal during off-peak hours).
- Zürich S-Bahn S25: hourly service between Zürich HB and Linthal.
Bus
editThe station is also the terminus of several connecting bus routes, operated by the Sernftalbus company:[8]
- an hourly service up the valley of the Sernf river to Elm
- an hourly service to Schwändi
- a service to Sool, with several return journeys a day
- a summer-only service from Kies, with several return journeys a day, to connect with an aerial tramway to the Garichtisee.
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Bahn+Bus Glarnerland" (PDF). Autobetrieb Sernftal. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ^ "Sernftalbahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch (in German). Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ a b "Ziegelbrücke - Linthal" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Fahrplan 2021" (PDF) (in German). Autobetrieb Sernftal AG. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
External links
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Media related to Schwanden railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Schwanden railway station – SBB
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