Sursee train station
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 Overview of the Sursee train station
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| abbreviation | SS |
| IBNR | 8502007 |
| opening | 1856 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Sursee |
| Canton | Lucerne |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 649 994 / 224 609 |
| Height ( SO ) | 504 m |
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| List of train stations in Switzerland | |
The Sursee station is a station of the Swiss Federal Railways in the Lucerne municipality of Sursee . It is located on the Olten – Lucerne railway and is the starting point for the Sursee-Triengen Railway , on which passenger traffic has been suspended since 1971.
history
In 1856 the Aarau - Olten - Emmenbrücke line of the Swiss Central Railway (SCB) was opened with a station in Sursee. Train connections to Lucerne , there was from 1859. 2000 to 2002, the guards interlocking station Sursee were taken out of service and taken by an association of interested local to the disused station building of Brittnau-Wikon where since then an experience station exists. On November 23, 1912, Sursee became a railway junction when the standard-gauge Sursee-Triengen railway to Triengen was opened. However, passenger traffic on this route was discontinued in 1971; the route is still used by museum trains and freight trains from SBB Cargo . A reactivation is up for discussion. The station experienced a milestone with the introduction of the Lucerne S-Bahn and Bahn 2000 . The number of train connections was increased, and the station was given a third track in 2006.
Reception building and facility
The reception building is relatively simple and has been supplemented with annex buildings over the past few decades, which with their red and gray facades contrast with the white walls of the main building. The station itself has three tracks, and in the station area and the adjacent industrial facilities there are several sidings for various companies located there, such as Fenaco . Track 1 is on the side platform with the station building, tracks 2 and 3 form a central platform, with track 3 only being in operation since 2006. Tracks 1 and 3 are used for through traffic from Zofingen to Lucerne, while track 2 is used for trains ending in Sursee and is also occupied by the S-Bahn from Olten and Lucerne, which have been broken in Sursee since 2008 for reasons of schedule.
traffic
Sursee is a half-hourly long-distance transport stop and regional transport hub, numerous bus routes connect the surrounding area to the Swiss railway network. In terms of its function, Sursee station is the second most important in the canton after Lucerne station .
Long-distance transport
The two long-distance transport lines between Zofingen and Lucerne run every half hour, including for Sursee train station.
Until 2008, trains running via Gotthard to Ticino also stopped in Sursee, and international trains to Italy until 2005.
Regional traffic
The station is served by two S-Bahn lines and a RegioExpress, with the S1 trains running every half hour and those of the S29 and RE every hour.
Bus transport
A total of 12 bus lines run from Sursee train station to the surrounding villages. 4 lines are operated by Rottal Auto AG, the remaining 8 by PostAuto AG. On Friday / Saturday and Saturday / Sunday nights there are also two night bus routes, one to and from Lucerne and the other from Sursee in the direction of Wauwil / Nebikon / Dagmersellen.
- Line 62 Sursee - Nottwil - Buttisholz - Ruswil
- Line 63 Sursee - Ettiswil - Willisau Käppelimatt
- Line 65 Sursee - Oberkirch - Nottwil Oberdorf
- Line 66 (Willisauer Express) Sursee - Ettiswil - Willisau
- Line 81 Sursee - Schenkon - Rickenbach - Beromünster
- Line 82 Sursee - St. Erhard - Knutwil - Uffikon - Dagmersellen
- Line 83 Sursee - (St. Erhard - Knutwil) Büron - Schlierbach - Etzelwil
- Line 84 Sursee - Schenkon - (Bäch -) Eich - Sempach
- Line 85 Sursee - Büron - Triengen - Schöftland
- Line 86 Sursee, Spital - Sursee, train station - Campus Sursee
- Line 87 (Möischter Express) Sursee - Schenkon - Beromünster
- Line 399 Sursee - Schenkon - Rickenbach - Reinach - Beinwil am See
- N6 Lucerne - Neuenkirch - Sempach - Eich - Schenkon - Sursee
- N61 Sursee - Mauensee - St. Erhard - Wauwil - Schötz - Nebikon - Dagmersellen - Uffikon - Knutwil - Sursee
future
The reactivation of the passenger traffic of the Sursee – Triengen-Bahn is being considered, a feasibility study is examining the integration of the line into the Lucerne S-Bahn network, either as an extension of the S1 or the S29, whereby the latter would require a hairpin at Sursee station, the S29 but has a longer idle time in the station than the S1. For this step, renovation work on the track system would have to be carried out in the Sursee train station.
A new bus station is to be built by 2021, and the station square is to be redesigned and upgraded. A new location for “Park and Ride”, “Kiss and Ride” and for taxis is also planned. The station square is also to be closed to through traffic. In the medium term, the pedestrian underpass is also to be expanded. In the long term, a fourth track is to be built and a third pedestrian underpass is to be built in the Haselwartweg area (south of the train station). It is not yet known when construction work on the new bus station will begin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.erlebnisbahnhof.ch/geschichte.php
- ↑ ST: Surental Railway preliminary stage ( Memento from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.1 MB)