Linthal Braunwaldbahn railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is situated on the Weesen to Linthal railway line in the valley of the Linth river, some 500 metres (1,600 ft) short of the terminus of the line at Linthal station in the village of Linthal. The station opened in 1982 in order to provide a convenient interchange with the Braunwaldbahn funicular to the car-free resort of Braunwald on the mountain above.[1][2][3]
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 Linthal Braunwaldbahn railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Stachelbergstrasse Linthal Glarus Süd, Glarus Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°55′41″N 9°00′10″E / 46.928081°N 9.002824°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Weesen-Linthal | ||||||||||
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The station is served by the hourly Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zurich and Linthal (during off-peak hours by S6 service of St. Gallen S-Bahn).[4][5]
Services edit
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services call at Linthal Braunwaldbahn railway station:
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S6: hourly service between Linthal and Rapperswil via Ziegelbrücke (only during off-peak hours).
- Zürich S-Bahn:
- S25: hourly service between Linthal and Zürich HB via Ziegelbrücke.
References edit
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Braunwald". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). 2004-10-14. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Ziegelbrücke–Linthal" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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