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. [1] The station was relocated in 2021.
Laupen BE | |||||||||||
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 the station at the new location in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Laupen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°54′5.4″N 7°14′26.9″E / 46.901500°N 7.240806°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sensetalbahn | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Flamatt–Laupen line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from Flamatt[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | BLS AG | ||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 192 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | LPN | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 1'200 per working day [5] (BLS) | ||||||||||
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History edit
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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 250 metres (820 ft) to the southeast, on the other side of the Bösingenstrasse, and in the direction of Neuenegg. The new station has a single 330-metre (1,080 ft)-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.[6][7] The new station opened, with the rest of the line, in April 2021.[8]
Services edit
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Laupen BE:[9][10]
- Bern S-Bahn: S2: half-hourly service to Langnau.
Images edit
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old station (1985) -
old station in winter (2019) -
old station building in 2019 -
trackless old station in 2022
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References edit
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Bern West" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Plan des zones" (in French). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Zonenplan" (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2022)". Laupen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. Retrieved 31 March 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Laupen Station: Gestaltungsplan 1:200" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Ausbau Bahnlinie Flamatt–Laupen | SBB". company.sbb.ch (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Writz, Jean-Michel (6 April 2021). "Zwischen Flamatt und Laupen fahren wieder Züge". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Laupen - Bern - Langnau - (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S2)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Laupen BE" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
External links edit
Media related to Laupen railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Laupen railway station (old location) at Wikimedia Commons
- Laupen BE railway station – SBB
