🇨🇭 Huttwil

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Quick Facts

Country	🇨🇭
Type	Major
Coordinates	47.114595, 7.842728
Timezone	Europe/Zurich
Connections	778
UIC Code	8508187

About Huttwil

Huttwil is a small town and rail junction in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, lying in the Langenthal–Huttwil valley on the edge of the Bernese Mittelland. The station serves as a junction point on the Langenthal–Wolhusen regional railway operated by the Aare Seeland mobil (ASm) network, linking the Bernese Oberaargau with the Emmental and Entlebuch regions. Though small, Huttwil plays a disproportionate role in the regional rail geography of the central Swiss Plateau as a connecting point between neighbouring valleys.

Frequently Asked Questions

Huttwil station is centrally located in the town, within walking distance of the main street and the old town centre. The town sits in the upper Emmental region of Bern canton.

BLS regional trains connect Huttwil to Langenthal and Wolhusen. The station is a junction on the Emmental narrow-gauge lines. Connections to Bern and Lucerne are made via Langenthal or Wolhusen respectively.

Huttwil station has basic facilities suitable for its role as a regional junction. The station building serves the small town and surrounding Emmental farming communities.

Huttwil is a market town in the Emmental with traditional Bernese farmhouses in the surrounding hills. The town has a medieval old quarter and hosts regional markets. The rolling green landscape of the Emmental with its scattered farms is the main scenic attraction.

The Emmental is the valley of the Emme river, famous worldwide for Emmental cheese with its characteristic holes. The landscape of rolling green hills dotted with large wooden farmhouses is quintessentially Swiss. Huttwil is at the upper end of this pastoral region.

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