Göschenen railway station
Göschenen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Göschenen station with MGB train at centre left, and SBB-CFF-FFS tracks at centre right. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bahnhofplatz 1, 6487 Göschenen, Canton of Uri, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°39′56″N 08°35′19″E / 46.66556°N 8.58861°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,106 m (3,629 ft)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard railway Schöllenenbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 70.5 km (43.8 mi) from Immensee[1] 3.75 km (2.33 mi) from Andermatt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Postautobuses Local buses | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 18 October 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Göschenen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Göschenen. Situated on the Gotthard railway, at the northern mouth of the Gotthard Tunnel, the station is also the junction point with the Schöllenenbahn.[1][2]
The Gotthard railway connects Göschenen via Immensee with Zürich in the north, and via the Gotthard Rail Tunnel and Chiasso with Milan in the south. This very heavily trafficked standard gauge line is operated by the Swiss Federal Railways.[3]
The Schöllenenbahn, a very short metre gauge branch line, operates between Göschenen and Andermatt, just 3.75 kilometres (2.33 mi) to the south. It is operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), and connects the Gotthard railway with southern Switzerland's metre gauge railway network.[4]
The station 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 two trains per hour on the Schöllenenbahn.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ Moser, Beat; Pfeiffer, Peter (2004). SBB Gotthardbahn (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-121-8.
- ^ Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
- ^ "Abfahrt Bahnhof Göschenen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
External links
Media related to Göschenen train station at Wikimedia Commons- Göschenen station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Template:De icon
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