Göschenen railway station
Göschenen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Göschenen. Situated on the original line of the Gotthard railway, at the northern mouth of the Gotthard Tunnel, the station is also the junction point with the Schöllenenbahn. Most trains on the Gotthard route now use the Gotthard Base Tunnel and do not pass through Göschenen station.
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 1 Göschenen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°39′56.92″N 8°35′19.66″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,106 m (3,629 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Auto AG Uri and PostAuto Schweiz bus lines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 18 October 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,600 per weekday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gotthard railway connects Göschenen via Immensee with Zürich in the north, and via the Gotthard Rail Tunnel and Chiasso with Milan in the south. The importance of the line decreased in the 2010s with the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (2016) and Ceneri Base Tunnel (2020), creating a new fast route between Central Switzerland and Ticino. Südostbahn now runs hourly panoramic service over the route.
The Schöllenenbahn, a very short metre gauge branch line, operates between Göschenen and Andermatt, just 3.75 kilometres (2.33 mi) to the south. It is operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), and connects the Gotthard railway with southern Switzerland's metre gauge railway network.