Brienz railway station is a railway station in the village of

Brienz Brienz ( , , ) is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, th ...

in the

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. Brienz is a stop on the Brünig line, owned by the

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, that operates between

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and

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. It is located across the street from

Brienz BRB railway station Brienz ( , , ) is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, th ...

, the lower terminus of the Brienz–Rothorn rack railway (BRB) that climbs to the summit of the

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. The station provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by

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. Shipping services operated by the

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Lake Brienz Lake Brienz () is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by the upper reaches ...

call at a quay adjacent to the station, linking to various lakeside places between Brienz and Interlaken. Amongst other destinations, buses link to the Ballenberg open-air museum, whilst boats link to the lower station of the Giessbach Funicular, which gives access to the Giessbach Falls. The station was opened in 1888 by the

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, as the western terminus of the Brünig line, with journeys to and from Interlaken requiring passengers and goods to transfer between trains and boats on Lake Brienz. The Brienz–Rothorn line terminus opened in 1892. Brienz remained the terminus of the Brünig line until 1916, when the line was extended along the north shore of Lake Brienz to

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, thus eliminating the need for transfer. Brünig line trains were hauled by

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s until the early 1940s, when the line was electrified. Ownership of the Brünig line section of the station was transferred to the

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in 1903, and to the Zentralbahn in 2004. The Brünig line platforms of the station lie alongside the lake, and comprise two tracks with two flanking platforms. On the northern and inland side, the station building is situated between the platforms and the main road along the north shore of the lake. The terminus of the Brienz–Rothorn rack railway lies on the opposite side of this road, and the two railways and are not physically connected. The bus terminus is located to the west of the station building, between the Brünig line platforms and the main road, whilst the ferry pier is immediately to the south-east of the station, accessed by a

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Services

The following services stop at Brienz: *

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''Luzern-Interlaken Express'': hourly service between and . * Regio: hourly service between and Interlaken Ost.

Gallery

File:Bahnhof Brienz 1888.jpg, The station in 1888, when it was a terminus. File:Brienz railway station in the winter.jpg, View from platform 1 towards the east. File:Brienz - Bahnhof - BLS Schifflände 2016-08-11 17-52-35.JPG, The station building seen from the ferry pier. File:Brienz railway station.jpg, BLS passenger ship ''Jungfrau'' at the ferry pier. File:Brienz Bahnhof.jpg, From left to right: ferry pier, Brünig line platforms, BRB terminus. File:Timjwatts Breinz Railway Station Looking East 1 2003-07-15.jpg, Breinz Railway Station, taken on 15 July 2003, before remodelling.

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* {{SBB web, 8305, brienz Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1888 Railway stations in the canton of Bern Brienz Zentralbahn stations

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