| Schwyz | |
| The station building, 2010. | |
| Location | |
| Address | Bahnhofstrasse 6423 Schwyz |
| Municipality | Schwyz |
| District | Schwyz |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Line(s) | Gotthardbahn |
| Distance | 17.0 km (10.6 mi) from Immensee |
| Elevation | 455 m above Sea |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1882 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Line ops | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Connections | |
| AAGS local buses | |
| Location map | |
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Schwyz railway station
Schwyz railway station (Switzerland)
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Schwyz railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwyz) serves the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. Opened in 1882, it is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS, and forms part of the Gotthardbahn, which links northern Switzerland and Immensee with Chiasso and Italy, via the Gotthard Tunnel.
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The station is situated in the village of Seewen in the middle of the Schwyz valley, about 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of the town centre, between the Grosser Mythen and the Urmiberg.
Schwyz railway station was opened in 1882, as the Gotthardbahn began operations. When the Gotthardbahn was nationalised in 1909, the station came into the ownership of the SBB-CFF-FFS.
In 1900, upon the construction of the Schwyz Bahnhof–Schwyz Post tram line, the station was connected to the Schwyz tramway network (German: Schwyzer Strassenbahn),[1] which in 1914 was extended to Brunnen railway station and the Brunnen ferry terminal.
In 1979 and 1980, the entire station was redeveloped. The station building was demolished and replaced with the present, post-modern buildings. Also, the platform system was renewed, and the sidings removed.[1]
The railway facilities at the station include four through tracks, three of which face a railway platform. However, only the middle platform facing tracks 2 (towards Brunnen) and 3 (towards Steinen/Arth-Goldau) is used for scheduled passenger trains. Track 1, facing the main platform, and track 4, which has no platform, are used for overtaking trains.
There are also still some sidings and connecting tracks, mainly for the Schwyzerland cheese factory, KIBAG, Arthur Weber Stahl and Zeughausareal Seewen.
The bus station is next to the station building and has three bus platforms.
Various bus routes link the station with the Schwyz town centre in about five minutes.
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This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at December 2011.