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Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
	The railway station, train of the S33 line, tunnel and castle seen from the station platform
General information
Location	Schloss Laufen,; Laufen-Uhwiesen,; Canton of Zürich; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°40′35″N 8°36′50″E / 47.676427°N 8.613871°E
Elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by	THURBO
Line(s)	Rheinfall line
Platforms	1
Services
Location

Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Laufen-Uhwiesen. The station is overlooked by Schloss Laufen ("Laufen Castle") and in turn overlooks the famous Rhine Falls, from which it derives its name. It is located on the Swiss Federal Railway's Rheinfall line and is served by Zürich S-Bahn lines S12 and S33.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The station is situated to the west of Schloss Laufen and its single platform overlooks the Rhine immediately below the falls. Immediately to the east of the station the railway line tunnels under the castle and then crosses the Rhine above the falls on a bridge that also carries pedestrian traffic. The station is linked to the castle by a walkway, and is mostly used by visitors to the castle and falls.^[1]^[3]

In 2012, the government of the canton of Zürich proposed that Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall station should be closed from 2015, as it is unable to be adapted for disabled access and is too short to handle the longer trains that are to be introduced then. An alternative of relocating the station onto the nearby Rhine bridge was considered too expensive. The proposal has encountered significant opposition in the cantonal council.^[4]^[5]

Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall station is one of two stations intended to serve the Rhine Falls, the other being Neuhausen Rheinfall station on the opposite bank of the river.^[1]

Gallery edit

The station seen from the path to the castle, with a Stadler GTW unit on line S33 in the platform
Access to the castle and waterfall from the station platform

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Keine neue S-Bahn-Haltestelle auf der Rheinfallbrücke" [No new S-Bahn station on the Rhine Falls Bridge] (in German). Canton of Zürich. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
^ "Kantonsrat setzt sich für S-Bahn-Haltestelle Schloss Laufen ein" [Cantonal Council is committed to S-Bahn stop Schloss Laufen]. www.tagesanzeiger.ch (in German). Tamedia AG. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2013-01-13.