Zweilütschinen railway station (german: Bahnhof Zweilütschinen) is a
railway station
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in the municipality of
Gündlischwand
Gündlischwand is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Gündlischwand, the municipality also includes the hamlet of Zweilütschinen.
History
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in the
Swiss
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canton of Bern
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. The station is on the
Berner Oberland Bahn, whose trains operate services to
Interlaken Ost,
Grindelwald and
Lauterbrunnen. It takes its name from the hamlet of
Zweilütschinen, which itself is named after the nearby confluence of the White and the Black branches of the
Lütschine river
The Lütschine is a river in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The Lütschine proper runs from Zweilütschinen, where its two tribututaries join, to Lake Brienz at Bönigen. The Schwarze Lütschine, or Black Lütschine, flows from Grinde ...
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The depot and workshops of the Berner Oberland Bahn are located beside the station. The railway's two branches, to
Grindelwald and
Lauterbrunnen, diverge to the south of the station, following the valleys of the Black and White Lütschine rivers respectively.
[ 17 March 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the electrification of the line, an event marked with a celebration at the Bahnhof buffet.
]
Services
the following rail services stop at Zweilütschinen:
References
External links
*
Zweilütschinen station page on the Jungfraubahnen web site
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Railway stations in the canton of Bern
Bernese Oberland Railway stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1890
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