Schwyz railway station

Schwyz
The station building in 2010
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse
Schwyz
Switzerland
Coordinates47°1′35.004″N 8°37′55.675″E / 47.02639000°N 8.63213194°E / 47.02639000; 8.63213194
Elevation455 m (1,493 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Gotthard line
Distance17.0 km (10.6 mi) from Immensee
Platforms2
Tracks3
Train operators
ConnectionsAAGS buses
Other information
Fare zone670 (Tarifverbund Schwyz)
History
Opened1882 (1882)
Passengers
20183,200 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Arth-Goldau
towards Basel SBB
IR 26 Brunnen
towards Locarno
Arth-Goldau
towards Zürich HB
IR 46
Preceding station Zug Stadtbahn Following station
Steinen S2 Brunnen
towards Erstfeld
Preceding station Lucerne S-Bahn Following station
Steinen
towards Lucerne
S3 Brunnen
Terminus
Location

Schwyz railway station (German: Bahnhof Schwyz) is a railway station in the municipality of Schwyz, the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Opened in 1882, it is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, and forms part of the Gotthard railway, which links northern Switzerland and Immensee with Chiasso and Italy, via the Gotthard Tunnel.

The station is located in the village of Seewen in the middle of the Schwyz valley, about 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of the town centre, between the Grosser Mythen and the Urmiberg.