Hergiswil railway station explained

Style:	Zentralbahn
Hergiswil
Address:	Bahnhofstrasse
Borough:	Hergiswil
Country:	Switzerland
Elevation:	449m (1,473feet)
Owned:	Zentralbahn
Train Operators:	Zentralbahn
Map Type:	Switzerland#Canton of Nidwalden
Map Size:	300px

Hergiswil railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. To the south of the station the Brünig line enters the Lopper I tunnel to Alpnach whilst the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line enters the Lopper II tunnel to Stansstad.^{[1] [2]}

Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some to the north.^{[1] [2]}

Services

The following services stop at Hergiswil:^{[3] [4]}

• Lucerne S-Bahn:
  • /: service every fifteen minutes to, every half-hour to or, and every hour to .
  • : rush-hour service between Lucerne and Stans.
  • : rush-hour service between Lucerne and .

Notes and References

1. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2013-01-08.
2. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 22.
3. Web site: Luzern - Brünig - Interlaken . Bundesamt für Verkehr . de . 15 October 2019 . 21 June 2020.
4. Web site: Luzern - Stans - Engelberg . Bundesamt für Verkehr . de . 16 October 2019 . 21 June 2020.