Luzern Bahnhofquai

Luzern Bahnhofquai
The terminal lies beyond the Seebrücke
General information
Location	Lucerne Switzerland
Coordinates	47°3′4.3″N 8°18′36.7″E
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Owned by	Lake Lucerne Navigation Company
Platforms	6 piers
Connections	Trains at Lucerne railway station Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern bus and trolleybus lines[1]
Other information
Fare zone	10 (Passepartout [de])[2]
Services
Preceding station Lake Lucerne Navigation Company Following station Terminus Lucerne–Küssnacht am Rigi Verkehrshaus-Lido towards Küssnacht am Rigi Lucerne–Flüelen Verkehrshaus-Lido towards Flüelen Lucerne–Alpnachstad Verkehrshaus-Lido towards Alpnachstad Lucerne–Meggenhorn Tribschen towards Meggenhorn
Location

Luzern Bahnhofquai is a quay and shipping terminal in the city of Lucerne, in Switzerland. It is located at the northwest corner of Lake Lucerne, where the river Reuss leaves the lake and flows north toward the Aare. It is served by the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company. The terminal is located across the Bahnhofplatz from Lucerne's primary railway station.[3]

Layout

The terminal has six landing stages, numbered 1–6. No. 1 is near the Seebrücke [de], the stages then continue clockwise around the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre. Directly south on the Bahnhofplatz are the bus bays of the Lucerne railway station, followed by the station building itself.[4]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Luzern Bahnhofquai:[5]

• Lake Lucerne Navigation Company:
  • hourly service to Brunnen; some ships continue from Brunnen to Flüelen.
  • during the summer months, five round-trips per day to Alpnachstad
  • during the summer months, three round-trips per day to Küssnacht am Rigi
  • during the summer months, three round-trips per day to Meggenhorn

Between April and mid October, the daily Gotthard Panorama Express connects the Bahnhofquai with Lugano once a day by boat and train, travelling by boat along the length of Lake Lucerne to Flüelen, and then by train over the historic high-level Gotthard route.[6]

References

1. "Liniennetz und Tarifzonen Agglomeration Luzern" (PDF) (in German). Tarifverbund Luzern/Obwalden/Nidwalden [de]. 13 December 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
2. "Tarifzonen" (PDF). Tarifverbund Luzern/Obwalden/Nidwalden [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
3. "Maps of Switzerland - Swiss Confederation". map.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
4. "Luzern" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. October 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
5. "Sommer 22. 5. – 5. 9. 2021 (provisorisch)" (PDF). Lake Lucerne Navigation Company. 2021. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
6. "Gotthard Panorama Express". Berne: SBB CFF FFS. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

External links

• Media related to Luzern Bahnhofquai at Wikimedia Commons
• Luzern Bahnhofquai – SBB