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Laufen Railway Station
Laufen railway station (french: Gare de Laufon) is a railway station in the municipality of Laufen, Switzerland, Laufen, in the Switzerland, Swiss Canton of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne railway, Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local and long-distance trains. Services Long-distance The following long-distance trains call at Laufen: * InterCity#Switzerland, InterCity: hourly service from Biel/Bienne railway station, Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB railway station, Basel SBB. Local Laufen is served by the S3 of the Basel S-Bahn: * : hourly service to Porrentruy railway station, Porrentruy and half-hourly service to Olten railway station, Olten. SBB Historic - F 122 00579 003 - Laufen Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, station building in 2001, train-side SBB Historic - F 122 00579 005 - Laufen Stationsgebaeude Strassenseite.jpg, station building in 2001, street-side SBB Historic - F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laufen, Switzerland
Laufen (French: ''Laufon'' ; High Alemannic: ''Laufe'') is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Laufen is a principal train station for the surrounding area, connecting it to Basel. History Between 58 BC and 470 AD, Laufen was part of the Roman Empire; after the empire collapsed it was part of the Alemanish area for several decades. During the early sixth century, the entire valley came into the possession of France, and from 853 until 1033 it was part of the Burgundian Kingdom. In 999 Rudolf III, the childless king of Burgundy donated most of the Laufen valley territory to the Archbishopric of Basel. Laufen is first mentioned in 1141 as ''Loufen''. For a time, it was known by its French name ''Laufon''. In 1295 founded the small town of Laufen. Geography Laufen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
