Brienz BRB railway station (German: Bahnhof Brienz BRB) is a railway station in the municipality of Brienz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the lower terminus of the Brienz–Rothorn rack railway (BRB) that climbs to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.[1][2]
Brienz BRB | |||||||||||
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 The station in 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Brienz Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°45′18.21600″N 8°2′20.07600″E / 46.7550600000°N 8.0389100000°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Brienz Rothorn Bahn | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Brienz–Rothorn line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Brienz Rothorn Bahn | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1892 | ||||||||||
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The station is located across the street from Brienz railway station on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Brünig line of Zentralbahn with service to Lucerne and Interlaken Ost. Connections are also available to local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland, and shipping services operated by the BLS AG on Lake Brienz at an adjacent quay. Amongst other destinations, buses link to the Ballenberg open-air museum, whilst boats link to the lower station of the Giessbach Funicular, which gives access to the Giessbach Falls.[3][4]
The station opened in 1892, four years after the Jura–Bern–Lucerne Railway opened Brienz railway station.[5]
Services edit
The following services stop at Brienz BRB:[6]
- From June–October: hourly service to Brienzer Rothorn.
References edit
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 33. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Interlaken–Brienz (Brienzersee)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ^ "Brienz–Ballenberg–Brienzwiler–Brünig–HaslibergReuti (Hasliberg-Linie)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ^ "Technical details of the Brienz Rothorn Bahn". Brienz Rothorn Bahn AG. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Brienz - Rothorn" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Brienz railway station (Brienz Rothorn Bahn) at Wikimedia Commons- Brienz BRB railway station – SBB
