Laupen BE railway station explained

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.

History

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]

Services

the following services stop at Laupen BE:[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liniennetz Bern West . de . 10 December 2023 . 22 March 2024 . Libero.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2022) . . Laupen, Switzerland . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 31 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Laupen Station: Gestaltungsplan 1:200 . 7 May 2018 . 5 May 2021 . de . Swiss Federal Railways.
  4. Web site: Ausbau Bahnlinie Flamatt–Laupen SBB . 5 May 2021 . company.sbb.ch . de.
  5. News: Writz . Jean-Michel . 6 April 2021 . Zwischen Flamatt und Laupen fahren wieder Züge . de . . 5 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Laupen - Bern - Langnau - (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S2) . Bundesamt für Verkehr . de . 21 September 2023 . 25 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof Laupen BE . de . 10 December 2023 . 14 April 2024 . Swiss Federal Railways.