Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Breitlauenen is the only intermediate station on the line, and has one of the line's two passing loops.[1]
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| Location | Breitlauenen Gsteigwiler, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°39′34″N 7°53′46″E / 46.659518°N 7.896005°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,542 m (5,059 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Schynige Platte railway | ||||||||||
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Administratively, the station is in the municipality of Gsteigwiler in the canton of Bern.[2]
History
editBreitlauenen station was created from the purchase of the inn at Breitlauenen when the Schynige Platte Railway was constructed in 1891.[3] The station, the inn and surrounding geography, are extensively covered in late 1890s literature.[4][5] The inn at the station closed in 1974.[6]
In summer 2010, an open air theater was built at Breitlauenen for performances of Alpenrosentango by Hansjörg Schneider.[7][8] In 2011, a derailing incident occurred at Breitlauenen with a passenger train impacting with a freight train heading downhill toward Wilderswil. One of the lead carriages was toppled onto its side. There were no injuries.[9][10] In 2014, students from the local education establishment Bildungszentrum Interlaken, undertook a number of renovation works at Breitlauenen station.[11] In 2015, another derailment happened just beyond the Breitlauenen station that left 100 people stranded.[12]
Facilities
editBreitlauenen station retains a bistro restaurant which has a number of specialist food products including cheese from the Breitlauenen Alp and a fruit cake baked by the station manager each morning.[13][14][15] A short walk beyond the station is Berghaus Breitlaunen, a converted mountain hut owned and operated by the Gsteigwiler Ski Club. It offers accommodation to tourists and hikers in the area.[16]
Services
editThe station is served by the following passenger trains:[17]
| Operator | Train Type | Route | Typical Frequency | Notes |
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| Schynige Platte Railway | Wilderswil - Breitlauenen - Schynige Platte | 15 per day | Operates in summer only |
References
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ^ "Schynige Platte Bahn (SPB)". okthepk.ca.
- ^ Kaufmann, Franz Joseph (1894). Centralgebiet der Schweiz enthalten auf Blatt XIII Part 3. Switzerland: In Commission bei Schmid, Francke & Company. p. 166. ISBN 978-1275141377.
- ^ Röll, Victor (1894). Encyklopädie des gesamten Eisenbahnwesens. Hansebooks. p. 2998. ISBN 978-3742859303.
- ^ Lambert, Anthony J (2005). Switzerland Rail, Road, Lake. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 168. ISBN 9781841621326.
- ^ "Alpenrosentango auf der Breitlauenen". platformj.ch (in German).
- ^ "Weisse Rosen für den «Alpenrosentango»". platformj.ch (in German).
- ^ "Schlussbericht der Unfalluntersuchungsstelle Bahnen und Schiffe über die Zugskollision vom Dienstag, 31. Mai 2011 in Breitlauenen (Schynige Platte-Bahn-SPB)" (PDF). jonroma.net (in German).
- ^ "Crash bei der Schynigen-Platten-Bahn". 20min.ch (in German).
- ^ "Arbeitseinsatz und Lagerleben". platformj.ch (in German).
- ^ "Schynige Platte Bahn: Lokomotive entgleist". tagesanzeiger.ch (in German).
- ^ "Breitlauenen Bistro". jungfrau.ch.
- ^ "Alltag im Naturparadies ob Wilderswil". platformj.ch (in German).
- ^ "Ein Paradies mit viel Arbeit". schweizerbauer.ch (in German).
- ^ "Berghaus Breitlauenen". berghausbreitlauenen.ch (in German).
- ^ "Wilderswil–SchynigePlatte" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
External links
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