Thun railway station

Thun
Location	Thun, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°45′17″N 7°37′47″E / 46.754659°N 7.629801°ECoordinates: 46°45′17″N 7°37′47″E / 46.754659°N 7.629801°E
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Operated by	BLS AG Deutsche Bahn Swiss Federal Railways TGV Lyria
Line(s)	Bern to Thun line (SBB) Burgdorf to Thun line (BLS) Gürbetal line (BLS) Thunersee line (BLS)
Connections	Verkehrsbetriebe STI buses BLS AG on Lake Thun
Location
Thun Location within Switzerland

A train in the station

The quay at Thun station; the rail platforms are to the right

Wall painting in Thun station concourse

Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. At the station, the Swiss Federal Railways owned Bern to Thun main line makes a junction with the other lines, all owned by the BLS AG. These lines are the Gürbetal line from Bern via Belp, the Burgdorf to Thun line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen, and the Lake Thun line to Spiez and Interlaken.^[1][2]

The station is served by various operators, including the BLS AG, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Deutsche Bahn and TGV Lyria.

The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at the station, which they access via a navigable stretch of the Aare and the Thun ship canal.

Train Services

The following services currently call at Thun:^[3][4]

Operator	Train Type	Route	Typical Frequency	Notes
SBB	InterCity	Romanshorn - Amriswil - Weinfelden - Frauenfeld - Winterthur - Zürich Flughafen - Zürich HB - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig	1 per hour
SBB	InterCity	Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig	1 every 2 hours
SBB	InterCity	Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost	1 or 2 per hour
BLS	RegioExpress	Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig	1 per hour	Run as one train between Bern and Spiez
BLS	RegioExpress	Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Wimmis - Burgholz - Oey-Diemtigen - Erlenbach im Simmental - Ringoldingen - Därstetten - Weissenburg - Oberwil im Simmental - Enge im Simmental - Boltigen - Weissenbach - Grubenwald - Zweisimmen	1 per hour
BLS	RegioExpress	Solothurn - Oberdiessbach - Heimberg - Lädeli - Steffisburg - Thun	1 per hour
BLS	Regio	Hasle - Rüegsau - Konolfingen - Oberdiessbach - Thun	1 per hour
BLS	Bern S-Bahn Line S1	Fribourg - Flamatt - Bern - Münsingen - Thun	2 per hour
BLS	Bern S-Bahn Line S4	Langnau - Burgdorf - Zollikofen - Bern - Belp - Thun	1 per hour
BLS	Bern S-Bahn Line S44	Sumiswald - Grünen - Burgdorf - Bern - Belp - Thun	1 per hour
Deutsche Bahn	Intercity-Express	Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Belin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Braunschweig Hbf - Hildesheim Hbf - Göttingen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Fulda - Hanau Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Mannheim Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf - Offenburg - Freiburg Hbf - Basel Bad - Basel SBB - Liestal - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost	4 per day	Operated by ICE 1
SBB & Trenitalia	EuroCity	Basel SBB - Olten - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Visp - Brig - Domodossola - Milan Central	3 per day
TGV Lyria	TGV	Paris-Gare de Lyon - Dijon - Frasne - Pontarlier - Neuchâtel - Bern - Thun - Spiez - Interlaken West - Interlaken Ost	2 per week

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "Arrivals - Thun Station" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
4. "Departures - Thun Station" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

External links

• Media related to Thun railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Thun station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site