Arth-Goldau railway station

For the adjacent rack railway station, see Arth-Goldau RB railway station.

Arth-Goldau railway station (German: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth.^[1][7][8]

Arth-Goldau
The station building in 2005
General information
Location	Arth Switzerland
Coordinates	47°2′56.947″N 8°32′58.135″E
Elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line
Distance	8.9 km (5.5 mi) from Immensee 15.8 km (9.8 mi) from Zug 38.6 km (24.0 mi) from Rapperswil [1]
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways Südostbahn
Connections
Ship	SGZ[2] on Lake Zug (from Arth)
Train	Cogwheel railway[3] to Rigi
Bus	Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe and Auto AG Schwyz buses[4]
Other information
Fare zone	674 and 675 (Tarifverbund Schwyz [de])[5]
History
Opened	1876 (1876)
Passengers
2018	14,400 per weekday[6]
Services Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station Lucerne towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf EuroCity Bellinzona towards Milano Centrale Zug towards Zürich HB Bellinzona towards Bologna Centrale, Genova Piazza Principe, Milano Centrale or Venezia Santa Lucia IC 2 Bellinzona towards Lugano Lucerne towards Basel SBB IC 21 Altdorf towards Lugano Rotkreuz towards Olten RE6 Limited service Terminus Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Küssnacht am Rigi towards Lucerne Voralpen Express Rothenthurm towards St. Gallen Lucerne towards Basel SBB IR 26 Schwyz towards Locarno Zug towards Zürich HB IR 46 Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station Walchwil towards Baar Lindenpark S2 Steinen towards Erstfeld Preceding station Lucerne S-Bahn Following station Immensee towards Lucerne S3 Steinen towards Brunnen Terminus S31 Steinerberg towards Biberbrugg
Location

The station is an important junction, where the Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the Gotthard line, and also where the Südostbahn-owned Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line diverges.^[1][7]

Layout

Arth-Goldau is a keilbahnhof: a station located between two converging railway lines. The north-south Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the east-west Gotthard line. Both lines have two platforms serving three tracks. Additionally, the Arth–Rigi line terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the Gotthard platforms.^[9][10]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Arth-Goldau:^[11]

• EuroCity:
  • half-hourly service between Zürich HB and Lugano through Gotthard Base Tunnel, with hourly services continuing to Bologna Centrale, Genova Piazza Principe, Milano Centrale, Milano Porta Garibaldi, or Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterCity:
  • : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Zürich HB and Lugano.
  • : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Basel SBB and Lugano, via Luzern.
• InterRegio:
  • Voralpen Express: Hourly service between Luzern and St. Gallen via Rapperswil.
  • : Hourly service on the Gotthard line between Locarno and Basel SBB via Luzern.
  • : Half-hourly service on the Gotthard line between Locarno and Zürich HB via Zug.
• RegioExpress:
  • : three round-trips on weekends to Olten.
• Zug Stadtbahn S2: hourly service between Baar Lindenpark and Erstfeld.
• Lucerne S-Bahn:
  • S3: hourly service between Lucerne and Brunnen.
  • S31: hourly service to Biberbrugg.
• Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service to Lugano via the original high level Gotthard tunnel, with connecting boat service on Lake Lucerne to Lucerne.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland