Aareschlucht West railway station (German: Bahnhof Aareschlucht West) is a railway station in the municipality of Meiringen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn (MIB).[1] The station is adjacent to the Aare river and located just west of the Aare Gorge (German: Aareschlucht).
Aareschlucht West | |||||||||||
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 The station platform in 2014; the photographer is standing on a footbridge that crosses the Aare | |||||||||||
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| Location | Meiringen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°43′16.3″N 8°11′55.0″E / 46.721194°N 8.198611°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 604 m (1,982 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Meiringen–Innertkirchen line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) from Meiringen[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 812 (Libero)[2] | ||||||||||
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The station is named "West" as opposed to the station Aareschlucht Ost MIB railway station, "East" of the gorge.
Services edit
As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Aareschlucht West:[3]
- Regio: half-hourly service between Meiringen and Innertkirchen MIB.
References edit
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Meiringen - Innertkirchen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Aareschlucht West railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Aareschlucht West railway station – SBB
