Küssnacht am Rigi railway station (German: Bahnhof Küssnacht am Rigi) is a railway station in the municipality of Küssnacht, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lucerne–Immensee line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]
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 The station building in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Küssnacht Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°5′0.938″N 8°26′0.661″E / 47.08359389°N 8.43351694°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lucerne–Immensee line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.2 km (10.1 mi) from Lucerne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 2,400 per weekday[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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It lies within walking distance (ca. 1 km (0.62 mi)) to the landing site of Lake Lucerne Navigation Company.
Services
editAs of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Küssnacht am Rigi:[6]
- IR Voralpen-Express: hourly service between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
- Lucerne S-Bahn S3: hourly service between Lucerne and Brunnen.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Schwyz–Weggis" (PDF) (in German). Auto AG Schwyz. 13 December 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF). Tarifverbund Luzern/Obwalden/Nidwalden. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tarifzonen" (in German). Tarifverbund Schwyz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Küssnacht am Rigi railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Küssnacht am Rigi railway station – SBB
