Göschenen railway station

Göschenen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Göschenen. Situated on the original line of the Gotthard railway, at the northern mouth of the Gotthard Tunnel, the station is also the junction point with the Schöllenenbahn. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Göschenen station.[1][4]

Göschenen
Railway tracks and station in a valley
Göschenen station with MGB train at centre left and Swiss Federal Railways tracks at centre right.
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 1
Göschenen
Switzerland
Coordinates46°39′56.92″N 8°35′19.66″E
Elevation1,106 m (3,629 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Train operators
ConnectionsAuto AG Uri and PostAuto Schweiz bus lines[2]
History
Opened1 June 1882 (1882-06-01)
Electrified18 October 1920 (1920-10-18)
Passengers
20181,600 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Erstfeld
towards Basel SBB
 IR 26 Airolo
towards Locarno
Erstfeld
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 IR 46
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Andermatt
towards Realp
 R 44 Terminus
Location

The Gotthard railway connects Göschenen via Immensee with Zürich in the north, and via the Gotthard Rail Tunnel and Chiasso with Milan in the south. The importance of the line decreased in the 2010s with the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016) and Ceneri Base Tunnel (2020), creating a new fast route between Central Switzerland and Ticino. Südostbahn now runs hourly panoramic service over the route.[5]

The Schöllenenbahn, a very short metre gauge branch line, operates between Göschenen and Andermatt, just 3.75 kilometres (2.33 mi) to the south. It is operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), and connects the Gotthard railway with southern Switzerland's metre gauge railway network.[6]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Göschenen:[7][8][9]

  • station building (2003)
    station building (2003)
  • station square with tracks of Schöllenenbahn (2014)
    station square with tracks of Schöllenenbahn (2014)
  • Gotthard tunnel portal north of the station (2007)
    Gotthard tunnel portal north of the station (2007)
  • Gotthard tunnel signal box (2015) in use until 2021
    Gotthard tunnel signal box (2015) in use until 2021

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Linienplan" (PDF). Auto AG Uri. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  5. "The Gotthard revival". hidden europe. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
  7. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. "Göschenen - Airolo - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.


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