Flüelen railway station

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The Flüelen station is the station of the municipality in the Swiss canton of Uri Flüelen. He is best known as the interchange between the Gotthard Railway and the shipping of Lake Lucerne, but also for its avant-garde architecture. It is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways and is also served by the trains in mainline and regional operations.

• 2.1 The Föhnwacht

• 4.1 Highway
• 4.2 Regional Transport
• 4.3 bus

History

The beginnings

At first, saw the planned route of the Gotthard Railway in the bypass Flüelens mountain before, which was approved and also subsidized the village. With this idea of ​​the station was planned on a Seeaufschüttung west of the village. Due to lack of funding, however, the project was modified so that the tracks leave the mountain as in the first project at Gruonbach between Flüelen and Sisikon, but then parallel to the Axen road through the village and should lead towards Erstfeld. The construction work began in 1879. Flüelen In the realized variant joined initially not on benevolence, because by embankments and dams the village was taken away from the previously existing direct lake access. In the years 1880 and 1881, the station building was built. During the construction period, the village flourished, the population was 1880 1425, while correct at 1888, six years after the completion, just 730.

After the opening

After the opening of the Gotthard Railway in 1882 Flüelen rose relatively quickly up to the Express train stop of Uri Altdorf main town, because its train station was quite far outside the village. 1906 tram connection between the two places was put into operation. In the 1920s, the line was electrified and the Gotthard Railway in 1922 expanded between Immensee and fountain on double track. The expansion of the section between wells and Flüelen was up for discussion. As part of this expansion idea came from the pages Flüeler population the desire to, but still build a village bypass, if only for the second track. Both ideas came to nothing. 1942 has been canceled, the old station building by the double- track expansion between Sisikon and Flüelen.

The new station

In November 1944, the new station building was constructed according to the plans of the SBB architect Alfred Ramseyer - Fieg, which provided for its unusual for the time Modern stir. 1991 followed by the construction of the central platform and the subways. The ground-level transitions between the Axenstrasse and the boat station disappeared.

Reception building

The station building was built in 1944 comprises in addition to the main building to the north a half-round running and growing a clock tower, where the staircase is housed. The building is an architectural monument of national importance, particularly because of the unusual modernity. It also involved a switchboard. So the station was immortalized on a postage stamp and the German model railway accessories manufacturer Faller had provided a model of the station in its range .. Today he is with a yellow facade paint. In the waiting room is painted from the Urner painter Heinrich Danioth paintings Föhnwacht.

The Föhnwacht

The idea of a painting at the new station appeared already in the project phase in 1942. The Stans sculptor Heinrich von Matt had the idea to equip the waiting room with a picturesque work of art. Danioths project drew more than a year to go, because the search for an ideal theme designed to be difficult. Initially attracted Danioth the importance Flüelens as a hub for the Gotthard transit into consideration, but later changed his idea into the picture Subject Bay fishermen. Two days before submission but changed Danioth the design plan again, and now made ​​a project on the Foehn to, which is ubiquitous in the Reuss Valley. The image was inaugurated at the same time as the train station in 1944.

Plant

The facility comprises four through tracks, three are provided with a platform. On the main platform ( platform 1) keep the trains that terminate in Flüelen. Currently there are the three S2 - train pairs in the evenings, which are not extended to Erstfeld. On the middle platform holding the other, further moving trains. On track 2 in the direction of those wells, on track 3 in the direction of those Erstfeld. The fourth track is bahnsteiglos and serves as a passing siding. After the station several sidings follow Kiesverladestellen the lake.

Traffic

The station is Flüelen (light rail train ) operated by SBB, both from the remote and from regional traffic every hour, which means an overlay to the half hour. The inter-regional trains are superimposed to an hour. By 2008, stopped at the edge of hours a few isolated Euro City trains from Milan, they were canceled when switching to Cisalpinos / ETR 470 by an extended InterRegio hour. Since the timetable change on 10 December 2011 on the morning rush hour holding an InterCity tilting train from Chiasso to Zurich

Long-distance traffic

• ICN Chiasso- Mendrisio- Lugano - Bellinzona station - Flüelen- Arth -Goldau - train - Zurich HB (once a day in this direction )
• IR Basel SBB -Lucerne- Arth -Goldau -Flüelen -Bellinzona - Locarno ( every two hours )
• IR Zurich HB train - Arth -Goldau -Flüelen -Bellinzona - Locarno ( every two hours )

Regional Transport

• S 2 Baar Lindenpark - train - Arth -Goldau Fountain Erstfeld (hourly)

Bus

In the vicinity of the railway station, there are two bus stops. From the bus stop Flüelen station on the station square are running almost aussschlisslich Postbus courses. They offer, among other compounds over the Klausen Pass to Linthal. From the bus stop Kantonalbank on the other side of the Axenstrasse, which is connected with an underpass at the Station, with the Auto AG Uri.

Worth mentioning

• The Flüeler station was published in 1947 on the so-called National Day celebration donation brand of Swiss Post. The brand had Yesteryear a value of 40 cents, of which 10 of the National Donation benefited.