Zweisimmen railway station

Zweisimmen
The station building in 2014
General information
Location	Zweisimmen Switzerland
Coordinates	46°33′12.6″N 7°22′29.6″E
Elevation	941 m (3,087 ft)
Owned by	BLS AG Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway
Line(s)	Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line Spiez–Zweisimmen line
Distance	34.9 km (21.7 mi) from Spiez 62.4 km (38.8 mi) from Montreux [1]
Platforms	3 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	7
Train operators	BLS AG Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway
Connections	PostAuto AG buses[2][3]
Construction
Parking	51
Other information
Station code	ZW
Fare zone	843 (Libero)[4]
Passengers
2023	4'600 per weekday[5] (BLS, MOB)
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Terminus RE8 Boltigen towards Spiez R11 Boltigen towards Bern R11 Limited service Grubenwald towards Spiez Preceding station Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway Following station Saanenmöser towards Montreux GoldenPass Express Boltigen towards Interlaken Ost Oeschseite towards Montreux PE30 Terminus Terminus R31 Blankenburg towards Lenk im Simmental Saanenmöser towards Gstaad R32
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Zweisimmen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zweisimmen) is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Spiez–Zweisimmen line (from north) and of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Montreux–Zweisimmen and Zweisimmen–Lenk im Simmental lines (separately from south, Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line). The station is across the street from the valley station of the gondola to the top of the Rinderberg.[1]

Layout

Zweisimmen has three island platforms and one side platform. The westernmost platform is an island platform serving tracks 3 and 4. These are metre gauge tracks serving the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminate at the station. The next platform east is another island platform. On the west side is track 5, also a metre gauge track that terminates at the station. On the east side is track 6, one of two dual gauge through tracks that connects the Montreux–Zweisimmen railway line with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway. Next to that platform is the third island platform, serving tracks 7 and 8. Track 7, like 6, is a dual-gauge track, and each track has installed a gauge adjusting ramp for the GoldenPass Express.[6][7] Track 8 is a metre gauge track serving trains to Lenk im Simmental over the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and terminates at the station. Finally, on the east side of the station is a side platform serving track 12. Track 12 connects with the Spiez–Zweisimmen railway line and terminates at the station.[8][9]

The track layout at Zweisimmen; tracks to the right lead to Spiez

Services

The following services stop at Zweisimmen:[10][11][12]

• GoldenPass Express: 4 daily round-trips between Montreux and Interlaken Ost with Gauge Change at Zweisimmen.
• Panorama Express/Regio: hourly or better service to Montreux.
• RegioExpress: irregular service to Spiez.
• Regio:
  • hourly service to Bern.
  • hourly or better service to Lenk im Simmental.
  • rush-hour service to Gstaad.

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view (2022)
• 
  MOB (1000mm) and BLS (1435mm) (2022)
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  Dual gauge track and gauge adjusting ramp (2022)
• 
  Train shed (2014)
• 
  Hiking destinations (2018)

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Lenk - Simmental" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
3. "Boltigen - Zweisimmen (Linie 270)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
4. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
5. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Zweisimmen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
6. Trippi, Peider; Arnet, Roland (11 December 2022). "From MOB to BLS: The GoldenPass Express variable gauge explained" (PDF). bahnjournalisten.ch. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
7. "Facts and figures about the GoldenPass Express" (PDF). mob.ch. July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2024. In Zweisimmen, the gauge adapting ramps are located on tracks 6 (to be installed in autumn 2022) and 7 (complete).
8. "Trafimage Webkarten". maps.trafimage.ch. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
9. "Perron-/Gleisübersicht BLS Netz AG" (PDF). BLS AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
10. "Montreux - Château-d'Oex - Gstaad - Zweisimmen - Lenk im Simmental" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
11. "Spiez - Zweisimmen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
12. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Zweisimmen" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

External links

• Zweisimmen railway station – SBB
• GoldenPass Express auf der Umspuranlage in Zweisimmen YouTube video of MOB locomotive (900 V DC, metre gauge) pulling metre-gauge GoldenPass Express at 15km/h over the gauge adjusting ramp at Zweisimmen track 7, changing each coach's gauge from metre gauge to standard gauge. Then BLS locomotive (15kV AC) with a interface coach, both standard gauge, come to push standard-gauge GoldenPass Express to Intelaken.