Schwanden railway station
Schwanden | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The station building in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Glarus Süd, Glarus Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°59′48.667″N 9°4′38.878″E / 46.99685194°N 9.07746611°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 521 m (1,709 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 73.8 km (45.9 mi) from Zürich | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sernftalbus | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 903, 904, and 911 (Tarifverbund Ostwind) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,500 per weekday | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Schwanden railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwanden) is a railway station in the municipality of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It is an intermediate stop on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, and serves the village of Schwanden.
Between 1905 and 1969, the station was the terminus of the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge tramway that ran up the valley of the Sernf to Elm, and was the predecessor of the Sernftalbus service on the same route.