Thun railway station

Coordinates: 46°45′17.471″N 7°37′46.582″E / 46.75485306°N 7.62960611°E / 46.75485306; 7.62960611
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Thun
Wide three-story building with tall, gabled roof
The station in 2011
General information
LocationThun
Switzerland
Coordinates46°45′17.471″N 7°37′46.582″E / 46.75485306°N 7.62960611°E / 46.75485306; 7.62960611
Elevation595 m (1,952 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform and 3 island platforms
Tracks7 (passenger)
Train operators
Connections
Construction
Parking129
Other information
Station codeTH
Fare zone700 (Libero)[3]
Passengers
202230'000 per working day[4] (BLS,SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Bern EuroCity Spiez
Bern
towards Basel SBB
Spiez
IC 6 Spiez
towards Brig
Bern
towards Romanshorn
IC 8
Bern
towards Basel SBB
IC 61 Spiez
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Bern ICE 12 Spiez
Bern ICE 20 Spiez
One-way operation
Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station
Uttigen S1 Terminus
Terminus S4 Uetendorf Allmend
towards Langnau i.E.
S44 Uetendorf Allmend
Preceding station BLS Following station
Münsingen
towards Bern
RegioExpress
Spiez
towards Domodossola
Münsingen
towards Biel/Bienne
RegioExpress
Weekends only
Spiez
towards Brig
Münsingen
towards Bern
Regio
Spiez
towards Zweisimmen
Terminus Steffisburg
towards Solothurn
Schwäbis
towards Konolfingen
Location
Thun is located in Switzerland
Thun
Thun
Location within Switzerland
The station in 2011
A train at the station
The quay at Thun station; the rail platforms are to the right
Wall painting in Thun station concourse

Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. These lines are the Gürbetal line from Bern via Belp, the Burgdorf to Thun line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen, and the Lake Thun line to Spiez and Interlaken.[5][6]

The station is served by various operators, including BLS, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Deutsche Bahn.

The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at the station, which they access via a navigable stretch of the Aare and the Thun ship canal.

Services[edit]

The following services stop at Thun:[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Liniennetz Thun" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ "BLS route network" (PDF) (in German). BLS AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2022)". Thun, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  6. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  7. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Thun" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

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