Arth-Goldau railway station

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Arth-Goldau
2005-Goldau-Bahnhof.jpg
The station building in 2005
General information
Location Arth
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°2′56.947″N8°32′58.135″E / 47.04915194°N 8.54948194°E / 47.04915194; 8.54948194
Elevation510 m (1,670 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms4
Tracks6
Train operators
Connections
Ship BSicon BOOT.svg
Ship
 SGZ [2] on Lake Zug (from Arth)
Train Sinnbild Eisenbahn.svg
Train
 Cogwheel railway [3] to Rigi
Bus Sinnbild Kraftomnibus.svg
Bus
 Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe and Auto AG Schwyz buses [4]
Other information
Fare zone674 and 675 (Tarifverbund Schwyz  [ de ]) [5]
History
Opened1876 (1876)
Passengers
201814,400 per weekday [6]
Services
Preceding station SBB logo simplified.svg Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Lucerne
towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
EuroCity Bellinzona
towards Milano Porta Garibaldi
Zug
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Bellinzona
towards Bologna Centrale, Genova Piazza Principe, Milano Centrale or Venezia Santa Lucia
Zug
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
IC 2 Altdorf
towards Lugano
Lucerne
towards Basel SBB
IC 21 Bellinzona
towards Lugano
Rotkreuz
towards Olten
RE6
Limited service
Terminus
Preceding station Sudostbahn icon.svg 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 Hauptbahnhof
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
Arth-Goldau 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]

Contents

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, the following services stop at Arth-Goldau: [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Lake Zug Ships Timetable" . Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Cogwheel Train Goldau - Rigi Kulm" . Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Liniennetz Schwyz–Weggis" (PDF) (in German). Auto AG Schwyz. 13 December 2020. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tarifzonen" (in German). Tarifverbund Schwyz  [ de ]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. 1 2 Moser, Beat; Pfeiffer, Peter (2004). SBB Gotthardbahn (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN   3-89610-121-8.
  8. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  9. ↑ "Bahnhof Arth-Goldau: Plan" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  11. ↑ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.


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