Arth-Goldau railway station (german: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

in the

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canton of Schwyz The canton of Schwyz (german: Kanton Schwyz rm, Chantun Sviz; french: Canton de Schwytz; it, Canton Svitto) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred o ...

and municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth. The station is an important junction, where the Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the

Gotthard line The Gotthard railway (german: Gotthardbahn; it, Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino. The line forms a major part of an important international railway link between no ...

, and also where the

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-owned Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line diverges. The station has six platforms: three on the Gotthard line toward and three on the Zug–Arth-Goldau line toward . Additionally, the

Arth–Rigi Railway The Arth–Rigi Railway (german: Arth-Rigi-Bahn) is a Swiss standard gauge rack railway that runs from to Rigi. It was built by the eponymous Arth-Rigi-Bahn between 1873–1875 and operated by that company until its merger with the Vitznau-Rigi-B ...

terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the main platforms.

Services

the following services stop at Arth-Goldau: *

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/ InterRegio / Voralpen Express: ** half-hourly service over the

and

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Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

, with hourly EuroCity services continuing to , , , , or . ** Hourly service over the Gotthard line to Lugano via

Erstfeld Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. History In 1962 a collection of four gold torques and three gold arm rings were discovered near Erstfeld. While the exact origin date is unknown, they are likely from the 4th centu ...

. ** Hourly service over the Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line to St. Gallen. ** Half-hourly service over the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line to

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

. ** Hourly service over the Gotthard line to Basel SBB. ** Half-hourly service over the Gotthard railway to

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital o ...

. *

Zug Stadtbahn The Zug Stadtbahn (german: Stadtbahn Zug) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network centred on Zug, Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, links=no ...

: hourly service between and . *

Lucerne S-Bahn The Lucerne S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Luzern) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne, Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, link ...

: ** : hourly service between Lucerne and . ** : hourly service to . * Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service to Lugano via the original high level

Gotthard tunnel , it, Galleria del San Gottardo , other_name = , line = Gotthard Line , location = Traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif in the middle of the Swiss Alps , coordinates = , os_grid_ref = , status = , system ...

, with connecting boat service on

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References

External links

* * Buildings and structures in the canton of Schwyz Railway stations in the canton of Schwyz Railway stations opened in 1876 Swiss Federal Railways stations {{Switzerland-railstation-stub