Rotkreuz station

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Red cross
Today's station building seen from the south with all changes and additions, the station square in front and the bus station "Bahnhof Süd" on the left
Today's station building seen from the south
with all changes and additions, the station
square in front and the bus station "Bahnhof Süd" on the left
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation RK
IBNR 8502202
opening 1864 and 1973
Architectural data
Architectural style Heimat style or structuralism
location
City / municipality Risch
Place / district Red cross
Canton train
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 675 051  /  221722 coordinates: 47 ° 8 '32 "  N , 8 ° 25' 41"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-five thousand and fifty-one  /  221722
Height ( SO ) 429  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The Red Cross train station is a S- , regional and main line station and a few despite its goods track officially marshalling yard -classified junction station of the wagonload freight . It is located in the small town of Rotkreuz in the municipality of Risch in the Swiss canton of Zug . The most important train station in the canton of Zug next to Zug train station was built in 1864 on the Lucerne - Zug route and is still one of the most important train stations in Switzerland for passenger and freight traffic. In local transport, the train station is the intersection of the Zug , Lucerne and Aargau S- Bahns and can be reached by train from the following directions:

The station has been part of the Zug tariff association (TVZG) since 1992 and, since the reorganization of the tariff zones in 2012, has been in zone 621 of the TVZG and the Zurich Economic Area Roof Tariff Association (TVWZ) of the expanded Zurich transport association . The train station can also be reached by bus from the Passepartout fare network (TVLU) in zone 402.

Originally, it was primarily intended as a transfer option for passengers from Germany to Italy. This possibility is to take place again from 2017 through the temporary connection from Rotkreuz to Milan.

history

Freight traffic Rotkreuz and train traffic per day
year Freight transport t Passenger trains Freight trains
1902 6,365 54 13
1910 6,932 55 15th
1920 13,404 41 19th
1930 15,777 39 61
1940 9,029 59 48
1950 71'462 70 45
1960 46,835 85 87
1970 87,465 87 106
1980 147,942 108 113

Rotkreuz station was built in 1864 with the construction of the east-west and north-east lines on the north side of the line.

The newly founded Ost-West-Bahn company planned to build the line from Lausanne via Lucerne - Rotkreuz - Affoltern am Albis - Zurich main station . The route through the Albistal (Affoltern, Birmensdorf) was planned and not, as today, via Baar ZG - Thalwil . After frequent changes of ownership and construction delays, the line was finally sold to the Swiss Nordostbahn- Gesellschaft on December 3, 1862 for CHF 1,830,000 instead of 3,000,000 . Then the construction of the Rothkreuz station began .

The location of the train station sparked heated discussions. Two locations, one near the customs station (today's Kreuzplatz in Rotkreuz) and one in the Rüti near Buonas, were available. At the last minute, the decision was made to build it near the customs station in order to keep the option of a freight station open. The station was opened on May 29, 1864. At the beginning, around 1000 passengers commuted via the Rotkreuz train station to Zurich and Lucerne.

The route of the Aargauische Südbahn , a joint subsidiary of the Centralbahn and the Nordostbahn , Aarau - Rupperswil - Rotkreuz was opened on December 1, 1881. Its extension to Immensee took place on June 1, 1882. There there was a connection to the Gotthard Railway, which opened on the same day . With the construction of the two lines, there were now direct connections to Basel and the German Empire on the one hand, and Ticino and on to Italy on the other. Rotkreuz therefore developed into a transfer station. The Rotkreuz - Immensee route was already overloaded in October 1887. In 1889 plans were drawn up for a platform roof, but they were never implemented. After a referendum, the NOB and the SCB were nationalized in 1902 and the Rotkreuz station and the adjacent lines became part of the Swiss SBB .

The Rotkreuz - Immensee line was electrified in July 1922, the Lucerne - Zug line in October 1922 and the Rupperswil - Rotkreuz line in May 1923.

In June 1960, a continuous day-night shunting operation had to be introduced at Rotkreuz station. The double track expansion to Immensee took place in 1963, to Oberrüti - Rupperswil in 1968 and to Gisikon-Root in the 1990s and to Cham, but only from the Freudenberg service station in 2008. In the course of the course of the 2000 railway , the complete expansion to Rotsee is also being sought.

From 1969 to 1972 the new station building was erected south of the railway line and a new marshalling building was built on the site of the old building. The platforms were covered. In autumn 1973 the station was opened with a simple inauguration; on 26./27. May 1974 the security systems followed. With this 30 million project, the Rotkreuz junction, as a collection and distribution point in Central Switzerland, has direct transport connections to the most important marshalling yards in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. When the bridge of the Rotkreuz bypass was opened in July 1969, the level crossing was closed. The red cross stands in its place today .

As part of the construction of the Zug urban railway , the station was completely renovated in 2004 and equipped with electronic screens in the station, the underpasses and the platforms. With the opening of the Zug light rail and the Lucerne S-Bahn , Rotkreuz became a regional transfer hub, which was reinforced with the connection of the Aargau S-Bahn in 2011. Since the Cham - Freudenberg double-lane expansion in 2008, the Zug and S-Bahn Lucerne trams have been running from Baar every quarter of an hour to Rotkreuz and every half hour to Lucerne. Since March 2015, the rest of the Rotkreuz-Freudenberg section has also been expanded to double track.

Today's expansion

S1 on platform 1 in Rotkreuz

The Rotkreuz station is divided into the passenger station and the freight station.

The passenger station has five tracks (1–3, 5–6) with covered platforms ; Track 4 has no platform. In the reception building there are two ticket counter and a kiosk with food and a cafe. In front of the train station is the station square, which merges with the village square to form a large area. The entire station is wheelchair accessible. The Rotkreuz Bahnhof Süd bus station is in front of the reception building .

The freight yard , which is to the west of the passenger station, has a seven-track directional group and a drainage mountain . One of the two freight station buildings is opposite the station building on platform 7, the other next to the drainage hill and the station hall. Operationally, the freight yard is subordinate to the Limmattal marshalling yard .

The Rotkreuz Bahnhof Nord bus station is on the side of the freight station building .

Connections

Rotkreuz on the Zurich-Lucerne railway line

train

Between June 2019 and December 2020, more trains stop in Rotkreuz due to the closure on the east side of Lake Zug:

Some long-distance trains pass the station without stopping. The stop of the hourly Interregio 70 Lucerne - Zurich HB is being sought by the Zug government, but an adjustment of the Lucerne - Zurich service is planned anyway.

In addition to passenger trains, most of the freight trains on the north-south transit axis run from Basel via Brugg along the Aargau Southern Railway to Rotkreuz and then via the Gotthard Base Tunnel to Italy.

bus

The Rotkreuz train station can be reached by the following bus lines:

  • ZVB 48 Rotkreuz - Cham - Baar
  • Auto AG Schwyz 28 Rotkreuz - Küssnacht am Rigi (- Vitznau) only during peak times.
  • ZVB 51 Rotkreuz - Hünenberg
  • ZVB 52 Rotkreuz - Küntwil (Rotkreuzer local bus)
  • ZVB 53 Rotkreuz - Buonas - Risch - Küssnacht am Rigi
  • Postbus 73 Rotkreuz - Meierskappel - Adligenswil - Lucerne train station
  • Postbus 110 Rotkreuz - Honau - Gisikon - Eschenbach - Hochdorf only during peak times; (Partly also Rotkreuz - Honau - Gisikon train station)

Collective bargaining

Rotkreuz station is at the intersection of the Zug tariff association (TVZG) (zone 621), which was set up in 1992 and which has been part of the Zurich Economic Area (TVWZ) tariff association since the reorganization of the tariff zones in 2012 , and the Passepartout tariff association (TVLU) (zone 28). Zone 621 of the TVZG and TVWZ also includes Hünenberg, the adjacent zones from the Rotkreuz train station are zone 622 of the TVZG and TVWZ from Zythus, zone 676 of the Schwyz tariff association (TVSZ) and TVWZ to Immensee, zone 28 of the TVLU to Gisikon- Root, zones 631 and 632 of the TVZG and 535 of the tariff association A-Welle (TVA) and TVWZ to Oberrüti.

Future development

In the course of the 2000 railway , the access routes to Rotkreuz were expanded. However, it is uncertain whether the expanded NEAT plan to build an underground train station in Rotkreuz along the Gotthard base tunnel - Zurich main station will be realized. Red Cross would in the case of the construction of Urmibergtunnels the Arth-Goldau station to replace its node function.

Between mid-2019 and the end of 2020, the closure of the Zug - Arth-Goldau route means that long-distance trains to Italy will be rerouted via Rotkreuz. To this end, the platforms of the Gotthard Railway in Rotkreuz are being extended. Rotkreuz has a temporary direct connection to Milan .

literature

  • Book Risch by Richard Hediger
  • official timetable from October 15, 1883

Web links

Commons : Rotkreuz railway station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neue Zuger Zeitung, August 29, 2011 .
  2. ^ Educational Council of the Canton of Zug: Zugerland - Ein Heimatbuch , Zug 1983, Verlag Zürcher AG Zug
  3. ↑ [1] .