Schwanden railway station (german: Bahnhof Schwanden) is a
railway station
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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.
Between 1905 and 1969, the station was the terminus of the
Sernftal tramway
The Sernftal tramway (german: Sernftalbahn, SeTB) was an electrical narrow-gauge tramway in the Swiss canton of Glarus, which was operated by a private company. The line linked Schwanden railway station, on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, ...
, a
metre gauge tram
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way that ran up the valley of the
Sernf river
The Sernftal or ''Kleintal'' is an alpine valley within Glarus Süd, in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It is formed by the Sernf, a right tributary of the Linth. Situated in the Sernftal are the villages of Elm (977 m) and Engi (812 m). T ...
to
Elm
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, and was the predecessor of the Sernftalbus service on the same route.
The station is served by
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. It is also the terminus of the
St. Gallen S-Bahn service
S6 from
Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...
. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between
Ziegelbrücke
Ziegelbrücke is a village in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus and Schänis in the canton of St. Gallen.
Geography and political situation
The village of Ziegelbrücke is divided ...
and Schwanden.
Services
the following rail services stop at Schwanden:
*
St. Gallen S-Bahn : hourly service to .
*
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, ...
: hourly service between
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland ...
and .
The station is also the terminus of several connecting bus routes, operated by the
Sernftalbus company:
* an hourly service up the valley of the Sernf river to
Glarus
, neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ)
, twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany)
}
Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus ...
* an hourly service to
Schwändi
* a service to
Sool
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, with several return journeys a day
* a summer-only service, with several return journeys a day, to connect with an
aerial tramway
An aerial tramway, sky tram, cable car, ropeway, aerial tram, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip ...
to the
Garichtisee.
References
External links
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