Arth-Goldau railway station

Arth-Goldau railway station (German: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth.[1][5][6]

Arth-Goldau
The station building in 2005
Location	Arth Switzerland
Coordinates	47°2′56.947″N 8°32′58.135″E
Elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)[1]
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line
Distance	8.9 km (5.5 mi) from Immensee 15.8 km (9.8 mi) from Zug 38.6 km (24.0 mi) from Rapperswil [1]
Platforms	6
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways Südostbahn
Connections	Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe buses Auto AG Schwyz buses [2]
Other information
Fare zone	674 and 675 (Tarifverbund Schwyz)[3]
History
Opened	1876
Passengers
2018	14,400 per weekday[4]
Services Preceding station EuroCity Following station Lucerne towards Basel SBB Basel to Milan Bellinzona towards Milano Centrale Zug towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich to Milan Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Zug towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterCity IC 2 Bellinzona towards Lugano Lucerne towards Basel SBB InterCity IC 21 Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Küssnacht am Rigi towards Lucerne Voralpen Express Rothenthurm towards St. Gallen Lucerne towards Basel SBB InterRegio IR 26 Schwyz towards Locarno Zug towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 46 Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station Walchwil towards Baar Lindenpark S2 Steinen towards Erstfeld Preceding station Lucerne S-Bahn Following station Immensee towards Lucerne S3 Steinen towards Brunnen Terminus S31 Steinerberg towards Biberbrugg
Location

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-owned Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line diverges. The station has six platforms: three on the Gotthard line toward Lucerne and three on the Zug–Arth-Goldau line toward Zug. Additionally, the Arth–Rigi Railway terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the main platforms.[1][5][7]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Arth-Goldau:[8][9][10]

• EuroCity/InterCity/InterRegio/Voralpen Express:
  • half-hourly service over the Gotthard line and Gotthard Base Tunnel to Lugano, with hourly EuroCity services continuing to Milan.
  • Hourly service over the Gotthard line to Lugano via Erstfeld.
  • Hourly service over the Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line to St. Gallen.
  • Half-hourly service over the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line to Zürich.
  • Hourly service over the Gotthard line to Basel SBB.
  • Half-hourly service over the Gotthard railway to Lucerne.
• Zug Stadtbahn S2: hourly service between Baar Lindenpark and Erstfeld.
• Lucerne S-Bahn:
  • S3: hourly service between Lucerne and Brunnen.
  • S31: hourly service to Biberbrugg.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Schwyz–Weggis" (PDF) (in German). Auto AG Schwyz. 13 December 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. "Tarifzonen" (in German). Tarifverbund Schwyz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
5. Moser, Beat; Pfeiffer, Peter (2004). SBB Gotthardbahn (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-121-8.
6. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
7. "Bahnhof Arth-Goldau: Plan" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
8. "Basel/Zürich - Arth-Goldau - Gotthard (GBT) - Bellinzona - Milano" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
9. "Luzern - Küssnacht am Rigi - Arth-Goldau - Göschenen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
10. "Rapperswil - Pfäffikon SZ - (Einsiedeln) - Arth-Goldau" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

External links

• Media related to Arth-Goldau railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Arth-Goldau railway station – SBB