Arth-Goldau railway station () is a
railway station
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in the
Swiss
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canton of Schwyz
The canton of Schwyz ( ; ; ; ) is a Cantons of Switzerland, canton in central Switzerland between the Swiss Alps, Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on and named after the town of Schwyz.
It is one ...
and
municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of
Goldau
Goldau is a town in the community of Arth, canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It lies between the Rigi and Rossberg mountains, and between lakes Lake Zug, Zug and Lake Lauerz, Lauerz.
Well known attractions include the Natur- und Tierpark Goldau an ...
, which forms part of Arth.
The station is an important junction, where the
Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the
Gotthard line, and also where the
Südostbahn
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-owned
Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line diverges.
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Layout
Arth-Goldau is a keilbahnhof: a station located between two converging railway lines. The north-south Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the east-west Gotthard line. Both lines have two platforms serving three tracks. Additionally, the Arth–Rigi line terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the Gotthard platforms.
Services
the following services stop at Arth-Goldau:EuroCity
EuroCity (EC) is an international Train categories in Europe, train category and brand for European inter-city rail, inter-city trains that cross international borders and meet criteria covering comfort, speed, food service, and cleanliness. E ...
:
** half-hourly service between and through Gotthard Base Tunnel, with hourly services continuing to , , , , or .
* InterCity
InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the train categories in Europe, classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to InterRegio, regional train, r ...
:
** : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Zürich HB and Lugano.
** : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between and Lugano, via .
*InterRegio
The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi ...
:
** '' Voralpen Express'': Hourly service between Luzern and via .
** : Hourly service on the Gotthard line between and Basel SBB via Luzern.
** : Half-hourly service on the Gotthard line between Locarno and Zürich HB via .
* RegioExpress
RegioExpress, commonly abbreviated to RE, is a Train categories in Europe, category of fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia, ...
:
**: three round-trips on weekends to .
* Zug Stadtbahn : hourly service between and .
* Lucerne S-Bahn:
** : hourly service between Lucerne and .
** : hourly service to .
* Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service to Lugano via the original high level Gotthard tunnel, with connecting boat service on Lake Lucerne
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Geography
The lake has a compli ...
to Lucerne
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.
See also
*Rail transport in Switzerland
Rail transport in Switzerland is noteworthy for the density of its network, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-Alps, Alp freight system. It is made nece ...
References
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Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1876
Buildings and structures in the canton of Schwyz
Railway stations in the canton of Schwyz
Swiss Federal Railways stations
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