Flüelen railway station

Flüelen
Location Bahnhofstrasse 1
Flüelen, Uri
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°54′05″N 8°37′28″E / 46.901514°N 8.624504°E / 46.901514; 8.624504Coordinates: 46°54′05″N 8°37′28″E / 46.901514°N 8.624504°E / 46.901514; 8.624504
Elevation 436 metres (1,430 ft)[1]
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) Gotthard railway[1]
Distance 32.3 kilometres (20.1 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms 3
Connections
Ship
 SGV
Train
 Stadtbahn Zug
Bus
 PostBus Switzerland
Auto AG Uri
Location
Flüelen
Location within Switzerland

Flüelen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Flüelen. It is located on the Gotthard railway. The station is situated between the parallel Axenstrasse, the main road through Flüelen, and Bahnhofstrasse, with the main station buildings on Bahnhofstrasse.[2]

Flüelen is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Locarno and Arth-Goldau which continues alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB, and by line S2 of the Stadtbahn Zug, which operates hourly between Zug, Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld.[3]

Flüelen pier, on Lake Lucerne, lies on the opposite side of Bahnhofstrasse, allowing connections between trains and the boat services provided by the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (Lake Lucerne Navigation Company; SGV). This interchange forms a key part of the William Tell Express, a tourist oriented combined paddle steamer and rail service that connects Lucerne and Locarno.[4][5]

Buses operated by PostBus Switzerland serve a stop in front of the station in Bahnhofstrasse. Local buses operated by Auto AG Uri serve a stop on Axenstrasse, accessible from the station subway.

The station building is included in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance. Between 1906 and 1951, the station was also the terminus of the Altdorf–Flüelen tramway, a metre gauge tramway.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers+Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Abfahrt Bahnhof Flüelen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  4. ↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1958). Switzerland's Amazing Railways. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 31.
  5. ↑ "Wilhelm Tell Express". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Uri" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Uri] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.

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