Niederrickenbach railway station

Niederrickenbach Station
Location Kantonstrasse
Wolfenschiessen, Nidwalden
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°55′40″N 8°23′47″E / 46.927671°N 8.396451°E / 46.927671; 8.396451Coordinates: 46°55′40″N 8°23′47″E / 46.927671°N 8.396451°E / 46.927671; 8.396451
Elevation 488 m (1,601 ft)
Operated by Zentralbahn
Line(s) Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line (Zentralbahn)
Location
Niederrickenbach Station
Location within Switzerland

Niederrickenbach Station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Wolfenschiessen in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. The station is adjacent to the lower station of the cable car, to the hamlet of Niederrickenbach and the convent of Maria-Rickenbach, from which it takes its name.[1][2]

Niederrickenbach station is 2.3 km (1.4 mi) horizontally and 650 m (2,130 ft) vertically from Niederrickenbach hamlet. Unusually, and perhaps for this reason, the German language railway timetable includes the word Station as part of the name of this railway station. Because of the distance the station was made a request stop.[1][3]

The station is served by the following passenger trains:[3]

Operator Train Type Route Typical Frequency Notes
Zentralbahn InterRegio Lucerne - Hergiswil - Stans - Dallenwil - Niederrickenbach Station - Wolfenschiessen - Dörfli - Grafenort - Engelberg 1 per hour

The station is also served by the cable car to the hamlet of Niederrickenbach and the convent of Maria-Rickenbach, which operates every half-hour.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. 1 2 "Luzern–Stans–Engelberg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  4. "Dallenwil–Niederrickenbach" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
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