🇨🇭 Flüelen

Major

Switzerland

Flüelen station stands at the southern end of Lake Uri in the canton of Uri, serving as the lakeside rail head where trains join or leave the approach to the Gotthard route — one of Schweiz's most historischally and scenically significant Bahnkorridore. The journey along the lake shore from here towards Erstfeld and Göschenen passes through some of the most dramatic Alpine scenery in central Schweiz, with the famous Gotthard spiral tunnels ascending the mountain wall above Erstfeld. Passenger numbers are modest but the station serves ein wichtiger role as the gateway to the Uri lakeland region and the Tell Chapel on the opposite shore.

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Land	🇨🇭 Switzerland
Typ	Major
Koordinaten	46,901721, 8,624295
Zeitzone	Europe/Zurich
Verbindungen	776
UIC-Code	8505112

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Flüelen befindet sich an the southern tip of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) in the canton of Uri, and it marks the northern entry point of the historisch Gotthard Bahnkorridor. SBB trains on the Lucerne–Bellinzona route stop here, and the station also verbindet mit the lake Fährdienst.

Yes — the SGV (Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees) operates regular passenger ferries from Flüelen to Lucerne, taking etwa dreieinhalb Stunden on the scenic route past the Rütli meadow and Tellsplatte. Services run from spring through autumn.

Flüelen is a small station with automated Fahrkartenautomaten and a basic waiting shelter. The village itself has a few Cafés and a boat landing stage a kurzer Fußweg vom Bahnhof, but services are limited compared to larger Swiss stations.

There are no dedicated Schließfächer at Flüelen station. Travellers needing storage should use the facilities at Altdorf, der Haupt- town in Uri just a few kilometres away and connected by bus.

Flüelen sits at the foot of the Uri Alps in Tell country, close to the legendary Tellsplatte where William Tell supposedly leapt from the boat of Gessler. The Tellskapelle and Rütli meadow are barrierefrei by ferry, making the area a focal point of Swiss national history.

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SBB

National · Switzerland

DB

National · Germany

OBB

National · Austria

SNCF

National · France

Trenitalia

National · Italy

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