Diesbach-Betschwanden railway station 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 tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
in the
municipality of Glarus Süd in the
Swiss
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canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus (german: Kanton Glarus rm, Chantun Glaruna; french: Canton de Glaris; it, Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.
The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.
The majority of ...
. It takes its name from the nearby villages of
Diesbach and
Betschwanden
Betschwanden is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
History
Betschwanden is first recorded in 1240 in the phrase ''in Beswando''.
Until 1395, Betschwanden was obliged to p ...
. The station is situated on the
Weesen to Linthal railway line, and served by the hourly
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...
service
S25 between
Zurich and
Linthal.
References
Railway stations in the canton of Glarus
Swiss Federal Railways stations
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