Brunnen railway station (german: Bahnhof Brunnen) is a

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serving the resort of

Brunnen Brunnen is a resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, part of the municipality Ingenbohl (Canton of Schwyz), at . Brunnen railway station, on the Gotthard railway, is served by hourly InterRegio trains, and by lines S2 of the Stadtbahn Zug, whi ...

, in the

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and municipality of Ingenbohl. It is located on the

Gotthard railway 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 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

Gotthardbahn 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 nort ...

opened the section from Immensee to

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. In 1903 the station was rebuilt because the older station had become too small for the amount of traffic. In 2004, the station became part of the networks of the

S-Bahn Luzern 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 ...

and Stadtbahn Zug.

Services

In the 1960s and '70s, Brunnen hosted international trains to

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, in

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, and

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, in the

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. Today Brunnen is served by an hourly InterRegio trains between and

Arth-Goldau Arth-Goldau railway station (german: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz 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 im ...

which continue alternately either to

Basel SBB Basel SBB railway station (german: Bahnhof Basel SBB, or in earlier times ''Centralbahnhof'' or ''Schweizer Bahnhof'') is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is E ...

or to

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

. The station is also served by line S2 of the

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) ...

, which operates hourly between , Arth-Goldau and , and is the terminus of line S3 of the

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 ...

, which operates hourly to and from .

Goods station

Until 2004 there was a Service Center of

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to the north of the station. Today, the buildings are partly used by a

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track. The remainder of the building is scheduled to be demolished in the near future, in order to allow the construction of a new block of houses.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunnen Railway Station Railway stations in the canton of Schwyz Swiss Federal Railways stations Railway stations opened in 1882