Hergiswil railway station
Station in Nidwalden, Switzerland
Preceding station | Lucerne S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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Stansstad towards Wolfenschiessen | S4 | Hergiswil Matt towards Lucerne | ||
Stansstad towards Stans | S44 | Lucerne Terminus | ||
Alpnachstad towards Giswil | S5 | Hergiswil Matt towards Lucerne | ||
Alpnach Dorf towards Sachseln | S55 | Lucerne Terminus |
Location | |
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Hergiswil railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. To the south of the station the Brünig line enters the Lopper I tunnel to Alpnach whilst the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line enters the Lopper II tunnel to Stansstad.[1][2]
Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north.[1][2]
Services
The following services stop at Hergiswil:[3][4]
- Lucerne S-Bahn:
- S4/S5: service every fifteen minutes to Lucerne, every half-hour to Giswil or Stans, and every hour to Wolfenschiessen.
- S44: rush-hour service between Lucerne and Stans.
- S55: rush-hour service between Lucerne and Sachseln.
- station building (2012)
- portals of Looper tunnels south of the station (2007)
- station building, street side (2004)
References
- ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Luzern - Brünig - Interlaken" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Luzern - Stans - Engelberg" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Hergiswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Hergiswil railway station – SBB