Glarus railway station

Glarus
Glarus
	The station building in 2012
Location	Bahnhofstrasse; Glarus, Canton of Glarus; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°2′23.726″N 9°4′17.638″E / 47.03992389°N 9.07156611°ECoordinates: 47°2′23.726″N 9°4′17.638″E / 47.03992389°N 9.07156611°E
Elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line
Distance	68.6 km (42.6 mi) from Zürich
Train operators	Südostbahn; Swiss Federal Railways;
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses
Other information
Fare zone	902 and 903 ( [de])
Passengers
2018	2,900 per weekday
Services
Location
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Glarus railway station (German: Bahnhof Glarus) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line.^[5]^[1]

The station is served by Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zurich and Linthal, and by St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden.^[6]

The station was opened in 1859, with the completion of the railway from Weesen. However the distinctive station building, designed by , was built between 1902 and 1903 as a replacement for an earlier structure. The station building, along with a goods shed dating from 1894, and a locomotive shed and turntable, is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.^[7]^[8]

Services[]

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Glarus:^[6]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden.
Zürich S-Bahn S25: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Linthal.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Glarner Mittelland" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ziegelbrücke - Linthal" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Güterschuppen 8750 Glarus" (in German). Schweizer Heimatschutz.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
^ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Glarus" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Glarus] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

External links[]

Media related to Glarus railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Glarus railway station – SBB

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[saw-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[2] "Glarner Mittelland" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[3] "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[4] "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[5] map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.

[fpf736-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ziegelbrücke - Linthal" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[7] "Güterschuppen 8750 Glarus" (in German). Schweizer Heimatschutz.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

[8] "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Glarus" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Glarus] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

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