Schwyz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Schwyz Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°1′35.004″N 8°37′55.675″E / 47.02639000°N 8.63213194°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gotthard line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 17.0 km (10.6 mi) from Immensee[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | AAGS buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 670 (Tarifverbund Schwyz)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 3,200 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schwyz railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwyz) is a railway station in the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Opened in 1882, it is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, and forms part of the Gotthard railway, which links northern Switzerland and Immensee with Chiasso and Italy, via the Gotthard Tunnel.[1][5]
The station is located in the village of Seewen in the middle of the Schwyz valley, about 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of the town centre, between the Grosser Mythen and the Urmiberg.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Schwyz–Weggis" (PDF) (in German). Auto AG Schwyz. 13 December 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Tarifzonen" (in German). Tarifverbund Schwyz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 28 September 2012.