Interlaken Ost railway station

Interlaken Ost
Three-story station building with Dutch gabled roof
The station building in 2007
General information
LocationUntere Bönigstrasse
Interlaken, Bern
Switzerland
Coordinates46°41′24″N 7°52′8″E / 46.69000°N 7.86889°E / 46.69000; 7.86889
Elevation567 m (1,860 ft)
Owned byBernese Oberland Railway; Bödelibahn (1874-?)
Line(s)
Distance
  • 28.0 km (17.4 mi) from Thun
  • 74.0 km (46.0 mi) from Lucerne
[1]
Platforms8 (3 island platforms)
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Construction
Parking200
Other information
Station codeIO
IATA codeZIN
Fare zone750 (Libero)[4]
History
Opened1874 (1874)
Previous namesInterlaken Zollhaus
Passengers
202314'500 per weekday[5] (BLS, SBB, Zentralbahn (excluding BOB))
Services
Preceding station Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG Following station
Terminus Bernese Oberland Railway Matten bei Interlaken
towards Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Interlaken West
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
 ICE 12 Terminus
Interlaken West
towards Hamburg-Altona
 ICE 20
Preceding station Zentralbahn Following station
Terminus Panorama Express
Luzern-Interlaken Express
 Brienz
towards Lucerne
Oberried am Brienzersee
towards Lucerne
Regio
 Ringgenberg
towards Meiringen
Preceding station BLS Following station
Interlaken West
towards Spiez
 RE9 Terminus
Interlaken West
towards Montreux
 GoldenPass Express
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Interlaken West
towards Hamburg-Altona
 EuroCity Terminus
Interlaken West
towards Basel SBB
 IC 61
Interlaken West
towards Romanshorn
 IC 81
Location
Map

Interlaken Ost or Interlaken East is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station was previously known as Interlaken Zollhaus. The town has one other station, Interlaken West.[1]

Interlaken Ost is an important railway junction at the meeting point of three railway lines, the Thunersee line of the BLS AG, the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn, and the Bernese Oberland railway (BOB). In addition to trains operated directly by the owners of these lines, the station is also reached by passenger trains of the Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn, all of which operate over the Thunersee line.[1]

The station provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland and the regional bus line to Thun provided by Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Brienz serve a quay at Interlaken Ost, which they access via a navigable reach of the Aar river.

  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Übersichtskarte Thuner- & Brienzersee" (PDF) (in German). BLS AG. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Liniennetz Interlaken und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Interlaken, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.