Laupen BE railway station

Laupen BE railway station (German: Bahnhof Laupen BE) is a railway station in the municipality of Laupen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the western terminus of the standard gauge Flamatt–Laupen line of the Sensetalbahn. ^[1] The station was relocated in 2021.

Laupen BE
The station in 2023
General information
Location	Laupen, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°54′5.4″N 7°14′26.9″E
Elevation	489 m (1,604 ft)
Owned by	Sensetalbahn
Line(s)	Flamatt–Laupen line
Distance	6.8 km (4.2 mi) from Flamatt[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	PostAuto AG buses[2]
Construction
Parking	49
Bicycle facilities	192
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	LPN
Fare zone	13 (frimobil [de])[3] 698 (Libero)[4]
Passengers
2022	1'200 per weekday [5] (BLS)
Services
Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Terminus S2 Neuenegg towards Langnau i.E.
Location

History

Station layout
Legend
STB to Gümmenen Old station Bösingenstrasse Current station STB to Flamatt

Prior to 2021, the station building was located on the Bahnhofstrasse, to the north of the Bösingenstrasse. As part of a major reconstruction project between 2019 and 2021 a new station was built 250 metres (820 ft) to the southeast, on the other side of the Bösingenstrasse, and in the direction of Neuenegg. The new station has a single 330-metre (1,080 ft)-long side platform. There is parking space for 243 bicycles, both in front of the station and on the old right-of-way between the platform and the Bösingenstrasse. A gravel path between the station and the river Sense runs from Laupen to Neuenegg.^[6][7] The new station opened, with the rest of the line, in April 2021.^[8]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Laupen BE:^[9][10]

• Bern S-Bahn: S2: half-hourly service to Langnau.

Images

• 
  old station (1985)
• 
  old station in winter (2019)
• 
  old station building in 2019
• 
  trackless old station in 2022

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 19. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Bern West" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
3. "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (in French and German). frimobil. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
4. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
5. "Passagierfrequenz (2022)". Laupen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. Retrieved 31 March 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
6. "Laupen Station: Gestaltungsplan 1:200" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
7. "Ausbau Bahnlinie Flamatt–Laupen | SBB". company.sbb.ch (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
8. Writz, Jean-Michel (6 April 2021). "Zwischen Flamatt und Laupen fahren wieder Züge". Freiburger Nachrichten [de] (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
9. "Laupen - Bern - Langnau - (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S2)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
10. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Laupen BE" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to Laupen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Laupen railway station (old location) at Wikimedia Commons
• Laupen BE railway station – SBB