Style: | Sensetalbahn |
Laupen BE | |
Borough: | Laupen, Bern |
Country: | Switzerland |
Owned: | Sensetalbahn |
Line: | Flamatt–Laupen line |
Distance: | 6.8km (04.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Train Operators: | BLS AG |
Connections: | PostAuto AG buses[1] |
Parking: | 49 |
Bicycle: | 192 |
Accessible: | yes |
Code: | LPN |
Passengers: | 1'200 per weekday [2] |
Pass Year: | 2022 |
Pass System: | BLS |
Mapframe: | yes |
Laupen BE railway station (German: Bahnhof Laupen BE) is a railway station in the municipality of Laupen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the western terminus of the standard gauge Flamatt–Laupen line of the Sensetalbahn. The station was relocated in 2021.
Prior to 2021, the station building was located on the Bahnhofstrasse, to the north of the Bösingenstrasse. As part of a major reconstruction project between 2019 and 2021 a new station was built to the southeast, on the other side of the Bösingenstrasse, and in the direction of . The new station has a single 330m (1,080feet)-long side platform. There is parking space for 243 bicycles, both in front of the station and on the old right-of-way between the platform and the Bösingenstrasse. A gravel path between the station and the river Sense runs from Laupen to Neuenegg.[3] [4] The new station opened, with the rest of the line, in April 2021.[5]
the following services stop at Laupen BE:[6] [7]