Thun railway station

Thun
Wide three-story building with tall, gabled roof
The station in 2011
General information
LocationThun
Switzerland
Coordinates46°45′17.471″N 7°37′46.582″E / 46.75485306°N 7.62960611°E / 46.75485306; 7.62960611
Elevation559 m (1,834 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks7 (passenger)
Train operators
Connections
Construction
Parking129
Other information
Station codeTH
Fare zone700 (Libero)[3]
Passengers
202334'000 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Bern EuroCity Spiez
Bern
towards Basel SBB
Spiez
IC 6 Spiez
towards Brig
IC 61 Spiez
Bern
towards Romanshorn
IC 8 Spiez
towards Brig
IC 81 Spiez
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Bern ICE 12 Spiez
Bern ICE 20 Spiez
One-way operation
Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station
Uttigen S1 Terminus
Münsingen
towards Bern
S11
Rush-hour service
Steffisburg
towards Konolfingen
S21
Uetendorf Allmend
towards Langnau i.E.
S4
Steffisburg
towards Solothurn
S41
Schwäbis S42
Schwäbis
towards Konolfingen
S43
Uetendorf Allmend S44
Preceding station BLS Following station
Münsingen
towards Bern
RE1 Spiez
Münsingen
towards Biel/Bienne
RE11
Weekends only
Spiez
towards Brig
Location
Thun is located in Switzerland
Thun
Thun
Location within Switzerland
The station in 2011
A train at the station
The quay at Thun station; the rail platforms are to the right
Wall painting in Thun station concourse

Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. These lines are the Gürbetal line from Bern via Belp, the Burgdorf to Thun line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen, and the Lake Thun line to Spiez and Interlaken.[5][6]

The station is served by various operators, including BLS, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Deutsche Bahn.

The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at the station, which they access via a navigable stretch of the Aare and the Thun ship canal.

  1. ^ "Liniennetz Thun" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ "BLS route network" (PDF) (in German). BLS AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Thun, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  6. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

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