Schwanden railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Schwanden
Address:Bahnhofstrasse
Borough:Glarus Süd, Glarus
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Line:Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line
Distance:73.8km (45.9miles) from Zürich
Zone:903, 904, and 911 [1]
Passengers:1,500 per weekday[2]
Pass Year:2018
Mapframe:yes

Schwanden railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwanden) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, and serves the village of Schwanden.[3]

Between 1905 and 1969, the station was the terminus of the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge tramway that ran up the valley of the Sernf to Elm, and was the predecessor of the Sernftalbus service on the same route.[4]

Services

S-Bahn

The station is served by Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zurich and Linthal. It is also the terminus of the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 from/to Rapperswil. This service continues to Linthal during off-peak hours. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden.

the following rail services stop at Schwanden:[5]

Bus

The station is also the terminus of several connecting bus routes, operated by the Sernftalbus company:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OSTWIND-Zonenplan . . 13 December 2020 . 28 December 2020 . de.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . September 2019 . 28 December 2020 . Swiss Federal Railways.
  3. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2012-04-29.
  4. Web site: Sernftalbahn . German . www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch . 2013-05-22.
  5. Web site: Ziegelbrücke - Linthal . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 25 November 2020 . 28 December 2020 . de.
  6. Web site: Fahrplan 2021 . de . Autobetrieb Sernftal AG . 13 December 2020 . 28 December 2020.