Zweisimmen railway station

Zweisimmen
Station building with tracks
The station building in 2014
General information
LocationZweisimmen
Switzerland
Coordinates46°33′12.6″N 7°22′29.6″E / 46.553500°N 7.374889°E / 46.553500; 7.374889
Elevation941 m (3,087 ft)
Owned by
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks7
Train operators
ConnectionsPostAuto AG buses[2][3]
Construction
Parking51
Other information
Station codeZW
Fare zone843 (Libero)[4]
Passengers
20234'600 per weekday[5] (BLS, MOB)
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station
Terminus RE8 Boltigen
towards Spiez
R11 Boltigen
towards Bern
R11
Limited service
 Grubenwald
towards Spiez
Preceding station Logo MOB Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway Following station
Saanenmöser
towards Montreux
 GoldenPass Express Boltigen
towards Interlaken Ost
Oeschseite
towards Montreux
 PE30 Terminus
Terminus R31 Blankenburg
towards Lenk im Simmental
Saanenmöser
towards Gstaad
 R32
Location
Zweisimmen is located in Switzerland
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen
Location within Switzerland
Zweisimmen is located in Canton of Bern
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen
Zweisimmen (Canton of Bern)

Zweisimmen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zweisimmen) is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Spiez–Zweisimmen line (from north) and of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Montreux–Zweisimmen and Zweisimmen–Lenk im Simmental lines (separately from south, Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line). The station is across the street from the valley station of the gondola to the top of the Rinderberg.[1]

Layout

Zweisimmen has three island platforms and one side platform. The westernmost platform is an island platform serving tracks 3 and 4. These are metre gauge tracks serving the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminate at the station. The next platform east is another island platform. On the west side is track 5, also a metre gauge track that terminates at the station. On the east side is track 6, one of two dual gauge through tracks that connects the Montreux–Zweisimmen railway line with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway. Next to that platform is the third island platform, serving tracks 7 and 8. Track 7, like 6, is a dual-gauge track, and each track has installed a gauge adjusting ramp for the GoldenPass Express.[6][7] Track 8 is a metre gauge track serving trains to Lenk im Simmental over the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminates at the station. Finally, on the east side of the station is a side platform serving track 12. Track 12 connects with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway line and terminates at the station.[8][9]

Map showing track layout at Zweisimmen
The track layout at Zweisimmen; tracks to the right lead to Spiez

Services

The following services stop at Zweisimmen:[10][11][12]

  • Aerial view (2022)
    Aerial view (2022)
  • MOB (1000mm) and BLS (1435mm) (2022)
    MOB (1000mm) and BLS (1435mm) (2022)
  • Dual gauge track and gauge adjusting ramp (2022)
    Dual gauge track and gauge adjusting ramp (2022)
  • Train shed (2014)
    Train shed (2014)
  • Hiking destinations (2018)
    Hiking destinations (2018)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz Lenk - Simmental" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Boltigen - Zweisimmen (Linie 270)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Zweisimmen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  6. ^ Trippi, Peider; Arnet, Roland (11 December 2022). "From MOB to BLS: The GoldenPass Express variable gauge explained" (PDF). bahnjournalisten.ch. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Facts and figures about the GoldenPass Express" (PDF). mob.ch. July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2024. In Zweisimmen, the gauge adapting ramps are located on tracks 6 (to be installed in autumn 2022) and 7 (complete).
  8. ^ "Trafimage Webkarten". maps.trafimage.ch. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  9. ^ "Perron-/Gleisübersicht BLS Netz AG" (PDF). BLS AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  10. ^ "Montreux - Château-d'Oex - Gstaad - Zweisimmen - Lenk im Simmental" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Spiez - Zweisimmen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Zweisimmen" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zweisimmen railway station.
  • Zweisimmen railway station – SBB
  • GoldenPass Express auf der Umspuranlage in Zweisimmen YouTube video of MOB locomotive (900 V DC, metre gauge) pulling metre-gauge GoldenPass Express at 15km/h over the gauge adjusting ramp at Zweisimmen track 7, changing each coach's gauge from metre gauge to standard gauge. Then BLS locomotive (15kV AC) with a interface coach, both standard gauge, come to push standard-gauge GoldenPass Express to Intelaken.