Thun railway station
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| Thun | |
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|---|---|
| Location | |
| Address | |
| Municipality | Thun |
| Canton | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°45′17″N 7°37′47″E / 46.754659°N 7.629801°ECoordinates: 46°45′17″N 7°37′47″E / 46.754659°N 7.629801°E |
| Line(s) | Bern to Thun line (SBB) Burgdorf to Thun line (BLS) Gürbetal line (BLS) Thunersee line (BLS) |
| Elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
| Other information | |
| Owner | Swiss Federal Railways |
| Line ops | BLS AG Deutsche Bahn Swiss Federal Railways TGV Lyria |
| Connections | |
 | Verkehrsbetriebe STI |
 | BLS AG on Lake Thun |
A train in the station
The quay at Thun station; the rail platforms are to the right
Wall painting in Thun station concourse
Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. These lines are the Gürbetal line from Bern via Belp, the Burgdorf to Thun line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen, and the Lake Thun line to Spiez and Interlaken.[1][2]
The station is served by various operators, including the BLS AG, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Deutsche Bahn and TGV Lyria.
The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at the station, which they access via a navigable stretch of the Aar river and the Thun ship canal.
Train Services
The following services currently call at Thun:[3][4]
| Operator | Train Type | Route | Typical Frequency |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBB | InterCity | Romanshorn - Amriswil - Weinfelden - Frauenfeld - Winterthur - Zürich Flughafen - Zürich HB - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig | 1 per hour | |
| SBB | InterCity | Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig | 1 every 2 hours | |
| SBB | InterCity | Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost | 1 or 2 per hour | |
| BLS | RegioExpress | Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig | 1 per hour | Run as one train between Bern and Spiez |
| BLS | RegioExpress | Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Wimmis - Burgholz - Oey-Diemtigen - Erlenbach im Simmental - Ringoldingen - Därstetten - Weissenburg - Oberwil im Simmental - Enge im Simmental - Boltigen - Weissenbach - Grubenwald - Zweisimmen | 1 per hour | |
| BLS | RegioExpress | Solothurn - Oberdiessbach - Heimberg - Lädeli - Steffisburg - Thun | 1 per hour | |
| BLS | Regio | Hasle - Rüegsau - Konolfingen - Oberdiessbach - Thun | 1 per hour | |
| BLS | Bern S-Bahn Line S1 |
Fribourg - Flamatt - Bern - Münsingen - Thun | 2 per hour | |
| BLS | Bern S-Bahn Line S4 |
Langnau - Burgdorf - Zollikofen - Bern - Belp - Thun | 1 per hour | |
| BLS | Bern S-Bahn Line S44 |
Sumiswald - Grünen - Burgdorf - Bern - Belp - Thun | 1 per hour | |
| Deutsche Bahn | Intercity-Express | Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Belin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Braunschweig Hbf - Hildesheim Hbf - Göttingen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Fulda - Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Mannheim Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf - Offenburg - Freiburg Hbf - Basel Bad - Basel SBB - Liestal - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost | 4 per day | Operated by ICE 1 |
| SBB & Trenitalia |
EuroCity | Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig - Domodossola - Milan Central | 3 per day | |
| TGV Lyria | TGV | Paris-Gare de Lyon - Dijon - Frasne - Pontarlier - Neuchâtel - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost | 2 per week |
References
- ↑ Swiss Confederation. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.gg25-land-flaeche.fill1&Y=614485.5&X=178357.5&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&lang=en. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ↑ "Arrivals - Thun Station". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ↑ "Departures - Thun Station". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
External links
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Media related to Thun railway station at Wikimedia Commons - Thun station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site
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