Zweisimmen railway station explained

Zweisimmen railway station (de|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 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.

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.^{[5] [6]} Track 8 is a metre gauge track serving trains to 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.^{[7] [8]}

Services

The following services stop at Zweisimmen:^{[9] [10] [11]}

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

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

External links

• • 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.

Notes and References

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