Spiez train station

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Spiez train station
Station building of the train station
Station building of the train station
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 5
IBNR 8507483
location
City / municipality Spiez
Canton Bern
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 618 465  /  170572 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '10 "  N , 7 ° 40' 48"  O ; CH1903:  618,465  /  170572
Height ( SO ) 628  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The Spiez train station is the station of the BLS AG the town of Spiez in Switzerland . Today it is a crossing station.

It was opened in 1893 with the construction of the Scherzlingen (Thun) - Därligen railway from the Thunerseebahn . The line to Erlenbach in Simmental was opened in 1897 by the Spiez-Erlenbach Railway . The line to Frutigen opened in 1901 by the Spiez-Frutigen Railway . With the opening of the Lötschberg mountain line in 1914, the station finally became an important transfer station.

Between 1905 and 1960 there was still the Spiez connecting railway , which connected the station with the port in the form of a meter-gauge tram line.

location

The train station is in the center of Spiez within sight of Lake Thun .

history

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)

The story begins with the construction of the railway line from Scherzlingen to Därligen through the Thunerseebahn. At that time, Schwerzlingen was the terminus of the Bern – Thun railway, which was operated by the Swiss Central Railway . In Därligen a connection to the Bödelibahn was created . The Scherzligen-Därligen railway was opened on June 1, 1893. On this date, the Spiez train station was also put into operation.

With the construction of the railway line to Erlenbach, the station became a transfer station, although the line originally branched off in Spiezmoos from the line towards Thun. This route was only officially introduced into the station on November 10, 1915. Even then, the Simmentalbahn trains ran to Spiez station. This line to Erlenbach was extended by the Erlenbach-Zweisimmen Railway to Zweisimmen, and it opened on October 31, 1902.

The Spiez-Frutigen railway line was opened on July 1st, 1901 as the last standard gauge line.

All standard gauge railway companies had an operating contract with the Thunerseebahn from the start. Which carried out the driving operation.

The station was massively expanded and expanded in view of the opening of the Lötschberg mountain line. For the electrical test operation on the Spiez-Frutigen railway, a new depot and workshop building was built so that the electric vehicles did not have to be dragged to Bönigen, where the Thunerseebahn workshop was located.

The converted station was the first station in Switzerland to have an interlocking system in the form of an electrical switch box that was put into operation in 1915. The switch mechanism was one of the Siemens 1912 design with mechanical locks. The pneumatic drives and electrical control of the switches and signals were of the Bruchsal type. The compressed air drive was only used here in Spiez in Switzerland.

In 1959, the signal box was replaced by a Domino 55 type.

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Since 2007, with the opening of the Lötschberg base tunnel , there has been a much improved and faster connection to southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The TGV-Lyria has been running from Paris to Interlaken since 2012 , making Spiez a TGV stop. The ICE also runs four times a day from Interlaken via Spiez to Germany .

building

The first station building to be built in 1893 was a chalet-style building. It was located to the south of today's station building, at the point where the BLS service building was built in 1960.

The station building, which still exists today, was built in 1915.

Long-distance connections

Regional traffic

  • RegioExpressBern – Münsingen – Thun– Spiez –Mülenen – Hohtenn – Ausserberg – Lalden – Brig – Domodossola
  • RegioExpressBern – Münsingen – Thun– Spiez –Wimmis – Ringoldingen – Grubenwald – Zweisimmen
  • RegioExpressZweisimmen – Boltigen – Erlenbach in the Simmental – Oey-Diemtigen – Wimmis – Spiez – Interlaken Ost
  • RegioZweisimmen – Oberwil in the Simmental – Ringoldingen – Erlenbach in the Simmental – Oey-Diemtigen – Burgholz – Wimmis– Spiez
  • Regio Spiez –Faulensee – Leissigen – Därligen – Interlaken Ost
  • R Spiez -Frutigen

Web links

Commons : Spiez train station  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claude Jeanmaire Spiez-Frutigen-Bahn, page 77
  2. ^ Karl Oehler Railway Safety Technology in Switzerland, pages 16-17
  3. ^ Karl Oehler Railway Safety Technology in Switzerland, page 17
  4. ↑ Paris Interlaken timetable. (No longer available online.) TGV Lyria, archived from the original on June 22, 2013 ; Retrieved August 25, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Claude Jeanmaire Spiez-Frutigen-Bahn, page 232