Thun railway station explained
| Style: | Swiss Federal Railways |
| Thun |
| Borough: | Thun |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Elevation: | 559m (1,834feet) |
| Owned: | Swiss Federal Railways |
| Tracks: | 7 (passenger) |
| Parking: | 129 |
| Code: | TH |
| Zone: | 700 (Libero)[1] |
| Passengers: | 34'000 per weekday[2] |
| Pass Year: | 2023 |
| Pass System: | BLS, SBB |
| Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Map Type: | Switzerland |
| Map Size: | 300px |
Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. These lines are the Gürbetal line from Bern via Belp, the Burgdorf to Thun line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen, and the Lake Thun line to Spiez and Interlaken.[3] [4]
The station is served by various operators, including BLS, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Deutsche Bahn.
The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at the station, which they access via a navigable stretch of the Aare and the Thun ship canal.
Services
The following services stop at Thun:[5]
- EuroCity / InterCity / Intercity Express (ICE): half-hourly service between Basel SBB and . Most northbound trains terminate in Basel; a single EuroCity continues to Hamburg-Altona and two ICEs continue to Berlin Ostbahnhof. Most southbound trains continue to ; one train every two hours continues to .
- EuroCity / InterCity: trains every two hours between Basel SBB and Brig; EuroCity trains continue from Brig to via .
- InterCity: hourly service between and Brig.
- RegioExpress: hourly service between and or Brig/Domodossola; the train splits at Spiez.
- RegioExpress : daily service on weekends during the high season between and Brig.
- Bern S-Bahn:
- : half-hourly service to .
- : two daily rush-hour services on weekdays to .
- : weekday service between October–December to .
- : hourly service to Langnau.
- : hourly service to .
- : hourly service between April–October to .
- : hourly service to .
- : hourly service to Solothurn or .
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Zonenplan Plan des Zones . Libero . 10 December 2023 . 18 March 2024 . de,fr.
- Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2023) . . Thun, Switzerland . 2023 . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 23 June 2024.
- Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2012-12-30.
- Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 32.
- Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof Thun . de . 10 December 2023 . 14 April 2024 . Swiss Federal Railways.
