Hergiswil railway station

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Hergiswil
Location
Address Bahnhofstrasse
Municipality Hergiswil
Canton Nidwalden
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 46°58′55″N 8°18′36″E / 46.981965°N 8.309999°E / 46.981965; 8.309999Coordinates: 46°58′55″N 8°18′36″E / 46.981965°N 8.309999°E / 46.981965; 8.309999
Line(s) Brünig line (Zentralbahn)
Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line (Zentralbahn)
Elevation 449 m (1,473 ft)
Other information
Line ops Zentralbahn
Connections
A train in the station

Hergiswil is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company.[1][2]

Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north.[1][2]

The station is served by the following passenger trains:[3][4]

Operator Train Type Route Typical Frequency Notes
Zentralbahn InterRegio Lucerne - Hergiswil - Alpnach Dorf - Sarnen - Giswil - Kaiserstuhl OW - Lungern - Brünig-Hasliberg - Meiringen - Brienz - Interlaken Ost 1 per hour
Zentralbahn InterRegio Lucerne - Hergiswil - Stans - Dallenwil - Niederrickenbach Station - Wolfenschiessen - Dörfli - Grafenort - Engelberg 1 per hour
Zentralbahn Lucerne S-Bahn
Line S4
Lucerne - Lucerne Allmend/Messe - Kriens Mattenhof - Horw - Hergiswil Matt - Hergiswil - Stansstad - Stans - Dallenwil 2 per hour
Zentralbahn Lucerne S-Bahn
Line S5
Lucerne - Kriens Mattenhof - Horw - Hergiswil Matt - Hergiswil - Alpnachstad - Alpnach Dorf - Sarnen - Sachseln - Ewil Maxon - Giswil 2 per hour

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Swiss Confederation. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-kanton-flaeche.fill1&Y=666349&X=203813&zoom=8&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&lang=en. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7. 
  3. "Luzern–Brünig–Interlaken". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-07. 
  4. "Luzern–Stans–Engelberg". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 

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