Hergiswil railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. To the south of the station the Brünig line enters the Lopper I tunnel to Alpnach whilst the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line enters the Lopper II tunnel to Stansstad.[1][2]
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 A Zentralbahn train at the station in 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Hergiswil Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°58′57.396″N 8°18′36.580″E / 46.98261000°N 8.31016111°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 449 m (1,473 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Zentralbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Train operators | Zentralbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Hergiswil Location within Switzerland  Hergiswil Hergiswil (Canton of Nidwalden) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north.[1][2]
Services edit
The following services stop at Hergiswil:[3][4]
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station building (2012) -
portals of Looper tunnels south of the station (2007) -
station building, street side (2004)
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 - Stans - Engelberg" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Hergiswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Hergiswil railway station – SBB
