Brunnen railway station
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Brunnen railway station serves the communitiy of Ingenbohl
in the Kanton of Schwyz. It is named after the most known part of it — Brunnen SZ. It is own by the Swiss Federal Railways and it is served by long-distance trains as well as by commuter and suburban trains.
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.
In 2004, the station got part of the networks of S-Bahn Luzern and Stadtbahn Zug.
and Hoek van Holland
.
Nowadays, it's served hourly by an InterRegio
-Train between Locarno
and Arth-Goldau
which continues every two hours either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB. The S-Bahn Luzern serves the station with the line S3 and the Stadtbahn Zug-S2 is calling at the station.
. Today, the buildings are partly used by a Kart Racing
track. The part except the Kart Racing building is seemed to be demolished in near future to allow the construction of a new block of houses.
Ingenbohl
Ingenbohl is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.-Geography:Ingenbohl has an area, , of . Of this area, 31% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.1% is forested...
in the Kanton of Schwyz. It is named after the most known part of it — Brunnen SZ. It is own by the Swiss Federal Railways and it is served by long-distance trains as well as by commuter and suburban trains.
History
After some argument between the inhabitants of Brunnen and those of Ingenbohl about the location, the station was opened in 1882, when the GotthardbahnGotthardbahn
Gotthardbahn was the name of a private Swiss railway company which operated the railway line from Immensee to Chiasso . Nowadays this term usually does not refer to that company, but to the railway line itself...
opened the section from Immensee to Bellinzona
Bellinzona
Bellinzona is the administrative capital of the canton Ticino in Switzerland. The city is famous for its three castles that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000....
. In 1903 the station was rebuilt because the older station had become too small for the amount of traffic.
In 2004, the station got part of the networks of S-Bahn Luzern and Stadtbahn Zug.
Services
In the 1960s and '70s, there were direct trains from Brunnen to LecceLecce
Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia...
and Hoek van Holland
Hoek van Holland
The Hook of Holland , also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality of Rotterdam as a district of that city...
.
Nowadays, it's served hourly by an InterRegio
InterRegio
The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. Mostly they are trains that run "from region to region", as best described by Swiss Federal Railways.-Switzerland:...
-Train between Locarno
Locarno
Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000...
and Arth-Goldau
Arth-Goldau railway station
Arth-Goldau railway station is a railway junction in Arth, in the district and canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth....
which continues every two hours either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB. The S-Bahn Luzern serves the station with the line S3 and the Stadtbahn Zug-S2 is calling at the station.
Long distance services
- 1tph to LocarnoLocarnoLocarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000...
- 1tph to Arth-Goldau, then continuing either to Basel SBB or Zürich HB
Commuter services
- 1tph to Baar Lindenpark (S2 of Stadtbahn Zug)
- 1tph to ErstfeldErstfeldErstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.-History:Erstfeld is first mentioned in 1258 as Ourzcvelt. In 1638 it was listed under the Latin name in Protocampis. In 1831 it was known as Hirschfelden.-Geography:...
(S2 of Stadtbahn Zug) - 1tph to LucerneLucerneLucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
(S3 of S-Bahn Luzern)
Goods station
North of the railway station there was until 2004 a Service Center of SBB CargoSBB Cargo
SBB Cargo is a subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways specialising in railfreight. Swiss Federal Railways is a former state-owned company that was transformed in 1999 into a joint-stock company under special legislation and divided up into three independent divisions: Passenger Traffic, Freight and...
. Today, the buildings are partly used by a Kart Racing
Kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...
track. The part except the Kart Racing building is seemed to be demolished in near future to allow the construction of a new block of houses.