Flüelen railway station

Flüelen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Flüelen. It is located on the Gotthard railway. The station is situated between the parallel Axenstrasse, the main road through Flüelen, and Bahnhofstrasse, with the main station buildings on Bahnhofstrasse.^[4]

Flüelen
The station building in 2020
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse 1 Flüelen Switzerland
Coordinates	46°54′6.228″N 8°37′27.491″E
Elevation	436 m (1,430 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line
Distance	32.3 km (20.1 mi) from Immensee[1]
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Train operators	Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	SGV ferries PostAuto Schweiz and Auto AG Uri [de] buses[2]
Construction
Architect	Alfred Ramseyer (1944), Gustav Mossdorf (1882)
Passengers
2018	1,800 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Brunnen towards Basel SBB IR 26 Altdorf towards Locarno Brunnen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 46 Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station Sisikon towards Baar Lindenpark S2 Altdorf towards Erstfeld
Location

Flüelen pier, on Lake Lucerne, lies on the opposite side of Bahnhofstrasse, allowing connections between trains and the boat services provided by the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (Lake Lucerne Navigation Company; SGV). This interchange forms a key part of the Gotthard Panorama Express, a tourist oriented combined paddle steamer and rail service that connects Lucerne and Locarno.^[5][6][7]

Buses operated by PostBus Switzerland serve a stop in front of the station in Bahnhofstrasse. Local buses operated by Auto AG Uri serve a stop on Axenstrasse, accessible from the station subway.

The station building is included in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance. Between 1906 and 1951, the station was also the terminus of the Altdorf–Flüelen tramway, a metre gauge tramway.^[1][8]

Layout

Flüelen has a side platform and an island platform serving tracks numbered 1 and 2–3, respectively.^[9]

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Flüelen:^[10]

• InterRegio: hourly service between Locarno and Arth-Goldau; trains continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• Zug Stadtbahn S2: hourly service between Erstfeld and Baar Lindenpark.
• Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service via the original high level Gotthard tunnel, with connecting boat service on Lake Lucerne to Lucerne.

• 
  Station building (1995)
• 
  View of village and landing stage from station (2016)

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Linienplan" (PDF). Auto AG Uri. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
5. Allen, Cecil J. (1958). Switzerland's Amazing Railways. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 31.
6. "Wilhelm Tell Express". Swiss Federal Railways. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
7. Orwoll, Mark. "Crossing the Alps via the Gotthard Panorama Express". frommers.com. FrommerMedia LLC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
8. "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Uri" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Uri] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
9. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
10. "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links

• Media related to Flüelen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Flüelen railway station – SBB