Seetalbahn

Opened in 1883 by British investors down the Seetal lakes to Lucerne — for a century a roadside light railway, and rebuilt on its own alignment in the 2000s.

Stations

1. 0 kmLenzburg
2. 4 kmSeon Nord
3. 5 kmSeon
4. 8 kmHallwil
5. 9 kmBoniswil
6. 13 kmBirrwil
7. Show 10 more stations

   1. 15 kmBeinwil am See
   2. 18 kmMosen
   3. 20 kmErmensee
   4. 21 kmHitzkirch
   5. 23 kmGelfingen
   6. 26 kmBaldegg
   7. 27 kmBaldegg Kloster
   8. 28 kmHochdorf
   9. 29 kmHochdorf Schönau
   10. 31 kmBallwil
8. 34 kmEschenbach LU
9. 36 kmWaldibrücke
10. 41 kmEmmenbrücke Gersag
11. 42 kmEmmenbrücke
12. 47 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 1617952 — 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 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of S 9
• 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 Seetalbahn?

The Seetalbahn runs 47 km from Lenzburg to Lucerne.

How long does the Seetalbahn take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 35 min for the 47 km. That is an average of 30 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Seetalbahn?

SBB, with S9.

How old is the Seetalbahn?

The line has been in service since 1883. 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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