Altdorf railway station (Switzerland) explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Altdorf UR
Former:Altdorf (before Dezember 2020)
Borough:Altdorf
Country:Switzerland
Elevation:447m (1,467feet)
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Line:Gotthard line
Tracks:3
Mapframe:yes

Altdorf railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Altdorf. The station is situated on the Gotthard railway north of its crossing of the Alps, and is the most southerly station before that line splits into the older route via Erstfeld and the original Gotthard Tunnel, and the newer route via the Gotthard Base Tunnel.[1] [2] The station was reconstructed between 2019 and 2021.[3]

Layout and connections

Altdorf has a side platform with a single track (1) and an island platform with two tracks (4–5). Both are long.[4]

Altdorf is a major hub for bus services in the Canton of Uri. operates local bus services to Schattdorf, Seedorf, Isleten, Isenthal, Unterschächen, Spiringen, Bürglen, Attinghausen, Erstfeld, Silenen, and Amsteg. There are also two express bus services: the (operated by Auto AG Uri) to, and the Winkelriedbus (operated by PostAuto Schweiz) to .[5]

Services

the following services stop at Altdorf:[6]

Other InterCity and EuroCity passenger trains pass through the station without stopping, as does the considerable freight traffic on the Gotthard route.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 23.
  2. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2012-09-27.
  3. News: 10 December 2021 . Entwicklungsschub für Uri - Nächster Halt Altdorf: Neuer Bahnhof eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten . de . . 14 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Haltestelle: Perronlänge (-körper) . 2022-12-11 . data.sbb.ch . en.
  5. Web site: Linienplan . 11 December 2022 . 11 December 2022 . de . Auto AG Uri.
  6. Web site: Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen . Swiss Federal Railways . 25 October 2022 . 11 December 2022.