Classic route
RE7 Bern–Luzern
Bern → Lucerne · Switzerland
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The Emmental cut-through: cheese country and covered bridges between the federal city and the lake at Lucerne, hourly.
Stations
- 0 kmBern
- 21 kmKonolfingen
- 38 kmLangnau i.E.
- 44 kmTrubschachen
- 53 kmEscholzmatt
- 60 kmSchüpfheim
- 67 kmEntlebuch
- 75 kmWolhusen
- 83 kmMalters
- 95 kmLuzern
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 19926594 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 7
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the RE7 Bern–Luzern?
The RE7 Bern–Luzern runs 95 km from Bern to Lucerne.
How long does the RE7 Bern–Luzern take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 27 min for the 95 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the RE7 Bern–Luzern?
BLS.
How old is the RE7 Bern–Luzern?
The line has been in service since 1875. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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