Brunnen station
| Fountain | |
|---|---|
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | BRU |
| IBNR | 8505007 |
| opening | 1882 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Gustav Mossdorf |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Ingenbohl |
| Place / district | Fountain |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 689.11 thousand / 206010 |
| Height ( SO ) | 438 m |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Switzerland | |
The Brunnen station of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is located in Brunnen SZ in the municipality of Ingenbohl in the canton of Schwyz .
location
The station is on the Gotthard line and thus on the most important north-south axis Basel / Zurich-Ticino. It is not only served by long-distance and regional trains, two Auto AG Schwyz bus lines also pass the station.
In front of the reception building there is a fountain with a statue by the local sculptor Josef Bisa .
history
Before construction began, there were differences in the community about the location of the train station: While the Brunner villagers wanted the station to be on the lake near Mythenstein, the Ingenbohl farmers demanded that it be built at the current location. The station was opened on June 1, 1882 as a through station, together with the Immensee-Göschenen line by the Gotthard Railway Company . The first station building corresponded to the standard building for intermediate stations of the Gotthard Railway and was designed by the chief architect of the Gotthard Railway, Gustav Mossdorf (1831–1907), who was also the site manager. This block building quickly proved to be too small, and between 1901 and 1903, a stately, three-story entrance building was built. The Swiss Federal Railways have operated the station since 1908, when the Gotthard Railway was nationalized.
On May 1, 1903, the double-track Immensee – Brunnen line was opened. New tunnels had to be built between Flüelen and Brunnen to continue the double lane in the direction of Erstfeld. The second track between Sisikon and Brunnen could only be opened to traffic on August 2, 1948. On May 1, 1922, the line between Arth-Goldau and Erstfeld was electrified by the SBB with 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz.
From May 8, 1915 to December 15, 1963 the tram cars of the Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (SStB), which connected the landing stage in Brunnen with the Schwyz train station , drove across Bahnhofplatz .
investment
Track system
The station has four through tracks and one butt track , with track 1 ending prematurely in front of the station building. Platform 2 has a platform at the level of the station building. The S3 trains that end in fountains stop here. Platform 3, without a platform, is often used for short-term parking of freight trains. Tracks 4 and 5 are the actual through tracks. They are also accessed via a long central platform. The InterRegio trains and the compositions of the S2 stop at this platform . The middle platform is connected to the station square via an underpass with a ramp and stairs. There is also a goods shed and various connecting and shunting tracks, mainly for industrial companies such as the Reismühle Brunnen and the former Holcim area.
Warehouses
To the north of the station there are numerous warehouses that were built in the early days of the Gotthard Railway. Until 2004, they were used by SBB Cargo as a service center , the now fallow area is to be built with residential and commercial buildings under the project name Hertipark, analogous to the Holcim area. In addition, a new main road is to lead through the area between the Brunnen train station and Seewen . A go- kart track is located in the northeast warehouse, next to the grain silo .
viaduct
The road viaduct of the main road to Schwyz, which crosses the SBB track field in the middle of the station area, is striking. It was built in 1902 for the level crossing between the tram and the SBB and has been renovated several times in the past, most recently in 1996.
Connections
railroad
The Brunnen train station is served by two interregional lines every two hours, which overlap every hour. The S-Bahn lines S2 of the Zug urban railway and S3 of the Lucerne S-Bahn also run every hour , with the S2 overlapping with the interregional trains at approximately half-hourly intervals.
Long-distance transport
Regional traffic
bus
Auto AG Schwyz serves the Brunnen train station with two lines:
- 2 Schwyz Post – Ibach – Brunnen – Schiller Fountain - Gersau - Vitznau - Weggis - Greppen - Küssnacht am Rigi .
- 4 fountain SBB – Brunnen See – Morschach – Morschach aerial cableway.
The bus stop is on the station forecourt. The buses to Schwyz stop at the reception building, on the opposite side those to Brunnen See, Gersau, Küssnacht and Morschach run.
Services
In addition to the SBB travel center, there is also a Coop -Pronto shop and a jeans shop in Brunnen station . The major distributors Migros and Denner as well as the Otto’s department store chain and a shoe store owned by Karl Vögele AG have also settled in the area.
Accidents
On November 28, 2009, a delivery van drove over the viaduct at the train station, but did not catch the curve and was catapulted onto the railway system. The driver was killed. The overhead contact lines on tracks 1 to 3 were damaged, which resulted in short-term obstructions and track changes.
future
After the opening of the Urmibergtunnel and the Axentunnel of the NEAT , the station would lose its long-distance passenger traffic. There is a plan in which the previous long-distance train stations at Brunnen and Schwyz will be replaced by a new long-distance train station on the NEAT on its crossing between the Schränggigen and Unterschönenbuch tunnel portals . The stations on the old line would be dismantled to S-Bahn stations. The project is not yet final.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brunnen-Ingenbohl - Üses Dorf üsi Gmeind üsi Lüüt, p. 58
- ↑ According to Swiss Railway Stations , Orell Füssli 1983 ISBN 3-280-01405-0 , G. Mossdorf was responsible for all standard railway station buildings
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Data according to the Swiss rail network, General Secretariat SBB 1980
- ↑ Well: 26-year-old man killed in an accident on the SBB viaduct. Bahnonline.ch, November 28, 2009, accessed October 15, 2018 .
