Thun railway station – Wikipedia

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Train stop in western Switzerland

Wide three-story building with tall, gabled roof

The station in 2011
General information
Location Thun
Switzerland
Coordinates

46°45′17.471″N 7°37′46.582″E / 46.75485306°N 7.62960611°E / 46.75485306; 7.62960611Coordinates: 46°45′17.471″N 7°37′46.582″E / 46.75485306°N 7.62960611°E / 46.75485306; 7.62960611
Elevation 595 m (1,952 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Train operators
Connections

Services
Location
Thun is located in Switzerland

Thun

Location within Switzerland

The quay at Thun station; the rail platforms are to the right

Wall painting in Thun station concourse

Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. 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) and Deutsche Bahn.

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 Aare and the Thun ship canal.

Services[edit]

The following services stop at Thun:[3]

References[edit]

  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. ^ “Abfahrt: Bahnhof Thun” (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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