Thun railway station

Thun
Location Thun, Bern
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
Elevation 595 m (1,952 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by BLS AG
Deutsche Bahn
Swiss Federal Railways
TGV Lyria
Line(s) Bern to Thun line (SBB)
Burgdorf to Thun line (BLS)
Gürbetal line (BLS)
Thunersee line (BLS)
Connections
Location
Thun
Location within Switzerland
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 Thun station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Thun. 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

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ↑ "Arrivals - Thun Station" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  4. ↑ "Departures - Thun Station" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

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