Alpnachstad railway station

Alpnachstad
Alpnachstad
	The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz; Alpnachstad; Switzerland
Coordinates	46°57′18.076″N 8°16′39.896″E / 46.95502111°N 8.27774889°E
Owned by	Zentralbahn
Line(s)	Brünig line
Train operators	Zentralbahn
Connections
Ship	SGV on Lake Lucerne
Train	rack railway to Pilatus
Services
Location
	Alpnachstad Location within Switzerland Alpnachstad Alpnachstad (Canton of Obwalden)

Alpnachstad railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Alpnach in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken. Alpnachstad PB railway station, the lower terminus of the Pilatus Railway, a rack railway that ascends to the summit of Pilatus, is located across the street.^[1]^[2]

Alpnachstad station is one of two Zentralbahn stations to serve Alpnach, the other being Alpnach Dorf, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the south, and nearer the centre of Alpnach.^[1]^[2]

Services edit

The following services stop at Alpnachstad:^[3]

Lucerne S-Bahn S5: half-hourly service between Lucerne and Giswil.

A nearby quay on Lake Lucerne is served by shipping services of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (SGV), providing an alternative connection to Lucerne and other lakeside communities.^[4]

station from the street side (2004)
train departing to Lucerne (2011)

References edit

^ ^a ^b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Luzern - Brünig - Interlaken" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "Luzern–Alpnachstad (Vierwaldstättersee)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-07.