Arth-Goldau railway station

Arth-Goldau
Arth-Goldau
	The station building in 2005
General information
Location	Arth; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°2′56.947″N 8°32′58.135″E / 47.04915194°N 8.54948194°E
Elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Gotthard line; Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau; Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line;
Distance	8.9 km (5.5 mi) from Immensee; 15.8 km (9.8 mi) from Zug; 38.6 km (24.0 mi) from Rapperswil;
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways; Südostbahn;
Connections
Ship	SGZ on Lake Zug (from Arth)
Train	Cogwheel railway to Rigi
Bus	Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe and Auto AG Schwyz buses
Other information
Fare zone	674 and 675 (Tarifverbund Schwyz [de])
History
Opened	1876
Passengers
2018	14,400 per weekday
Services
Zug towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof	Bellinzona towards Bologna Centrale, Genova Piazza Principe, Milano Centrale or Venezia Santa Lucia
Location
Location

Arth-Goldau railway station (German: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth.^[1]^[7]^[8]

The station is an important junction, where the Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the Gotthard line, and also where the Südostbahn-owned Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line diverges.^[1]^[7]

Layout

Arth-Goldau is a keilbahnhof: a station located between two converging railway lines. The north-south Zug–Arth-Goldau line joins the main line of the east-west Gotthard line. Both lines have two platforms serving three tracks. Additionally, the Arth–Rigi line terminates in its own platforms above and at right angles to the Gotthard platforms.^[9]^[10]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Arth-Goldau:^[11]

EuroCity:
- half-hourly service between Zürich HB and Lugano through Gotthard Base Tunnel, with hourly services continuing to Bologna Centrale, Genova Piazza Principe, Milano Centrale, Milano Porta Garibaldi, or Venezia Santa Lucia.
InterCity:
- : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Zürich HB and Lugano.
- : Hourly service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel between Basel SBB and Lugano, via Luzern.
InterRegio:
- Voralpen Express: Hourly service between Luzern and St. Gallen via Rapperswil.
- : Hourly service on the Gotthard line between Locarno and Basel SBB via Luzern.
- : Half-hourly service on the Gotthard line between Locarno and Zürich HB via Zug.
RegioExpress:
- : three round-trips on weekends to Olten.
Zug Stadtbahn S2: hourly service between Baar Lindenpark and Erstfeld.
Lucerne S-Bahn:
- S3: hourly service between Lucerne and Brunnen.
- S31: hourly service to Biberbrugg.
Gotthard Panorama Express: daily tourist oriented service to Lugano via the original high level Gotthard tunnel, with connecting boat service on Lake Lucerne to Lucerne.