Giswil is a Swiss railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links Lucerne and Interlaken. The station is in the municipality of Giswil in the canton of Obwalden.[1][2]
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 The station building in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Giswil Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°50′11.519″N 8°11′10.691″E / 46.83653306°N 8.18630306°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Zentralbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Brünig line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Zentralbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The line from Giswil over the Brünig Pass towards Interlaken is equipped with rack rails, and Giswil is the furthest station from Lucerne that can be served by trains not fitted with rack equipment.[2]
Services
editThe following services stop at Giswil:[3]
- Panorama Express Luzern-Interlaken Express: hourly service between Lucerne and Interlaken Ost.
- Lucerne S-Bahn S5: half-hourly service to Lucerne.
Gallery
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The station in 1890 -
The station in 1930 -
station building in 1999 -
Historic train on the 125th anniversary of the Brünig line in Giswil station (2013) -
station in 2017
References
edit- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Luzern - Brünig - Interlaken" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links
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Media related to Giswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Giswil railway station – SBB
