Laupen BE railway station
Railway station in Laupen, Switzerland
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Laupen BE railway station (German: Bahnhof Laupen BE) is a railway station in the municipality of Laupen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the western terminus of the standard gauge Flamatt–Laupen line of the Sensetalbahn.[1] The station was relocated in 2021.
Switzerland
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| Location | Laupen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°54′05″N 7°14′27″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owner | Sensetalbahn | ||||||||||
| Line | Flamatt–Laupen line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from Flamatt[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Train operators | BLS AG | ||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto AG buses[2] | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes (49 spaces) | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | Yes (192 spaces) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8504194 (LPN) | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 1'400 per weekday [5] (BLS) | ||||||||||
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History
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Prior to 2021, the station building was located on the Bahnhofstrasse, to the north of the Bösingenstrasse. As part of a major reconstruction project between 2019 and 2021 a new station was built 250 metres (820 ft) to the southeast, on the other side of the Bösingenstrasse, and in the direction of Neuenegg. The new station has a single 330-metre (1,080 ft)-long side platform. There is parking space for 243 bicycles, both in front of the station and on the old right-of-way between the platform and the Bösingenstrasse. A gravel path between the station and the river Sense runs from Laupen to Neuenegg.[6][7] The new station opened, with the rest of the line, in April 2021.[8]
Services
Images
old station (1985)
old station in winter (2019)
old station building in 2019
trackless old station in 2022
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