Gümmenen railway station

Railway station in Ferenbalm, Switzerland
Distance17.0 km (10.6 mi) from Bern[1]Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operatorsBLS AGConnections
  • PostAuto AG bus lines
  • TPF bus lines[2]
ConstructionParking117Other informationStation codeGMMFare zone698 (Libero)[3]Passengers2022740 per weekday[4] (BLS) Services
Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station
Kerzers
towards Neuchâtel, Murten/Morat or Payerne
 S5 Rosshäusern
towards Bern
Kerzers
towards Kerzers or Ins
 S52
Preceding station BLS Following station
Kerzers
One-way operation
 IR 66
Rush-hour service
 Bern
Terminus
Location
Map

Gümmenen railway station (German: Bahnhof Gümmenen) is a railway station in the municipality of Ferenbalm, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Neuchâtel line of BLS AG. Gümmenen was formerly the northern terminus of the standard gauge Flamatt–Laupen–Gümmenen line to Flamatt, but service beyond Laupen ended in 1993.[5][1]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Gümmenen:[6][7]

  • Bern S-Bahn:
    • S5: hourly service between Bern and Neuchâtel or Murten/Morat; rush-hour trains continue from Murten/Morat to Payerne.
    • S52: hourly service between Kerzers and Bern; off-peak trains directly continue from Kerzers to Lyss as S35 and vice-versa; evening trains continue from Kerzers to Ins.
  • InterRegio:
    • : morning rush-hour service on weekdays to Bern.

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz Bern West" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2022)". Ferenbalm, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ Klauser, Martin (December 2000). "Sensetalbahn". Lökeli Journal (in German). No. 4/2000. p. 14. OCLC 722128226.
  6. ^ "Neuchâtel - Ins - Kerzers - Bern (S-Bahn Bern, Linien S5, S51, S52)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Gümmenen" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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