Breitlauenen railway station explained

Breitlauenen
Address:Breitlauenen
Gsteigwiler, Bern
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates:46.6595°N 7.896°W
Elevation:1542m (5,059feet)
Line:Schynige Platte railway
Map Type:Switzerland

Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Breitlauenen is the only intermediate station on the line, and has one of the line's two passing loops.[1]

Administratively, the station is in the municipality of Gsteigwiler in the canton of Bern.[2]

The station is served by the following passenger trains:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 82.
  2. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2013-02-10.
  3. Web site: Wilderswil–SchynigePlatte . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 2013-01-28.