Laupen BE railway station

Railway station in Laupen, Switzerland

Laupen BE

The station in 2023

General information
Location| Laupen, Bern
Switzerland
Coordinates| 46°54′5.4″N 7°14′26.9″E﻿ / ﻿46.901500°N 7.240806°E﻿ / 46.901500; 7.240806
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| Yes (49 spaces)
Bicycle facilities| Yes (192 spaces)
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| 8504194 (LPN)
Fare zone|

* 13 (frimobil [de])[3]
* 698 (Libero)[4]

Passengers
2023| 1'400 per weekday [5] (BLS)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Bern S-Bahn | Following station

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Terminus |  | S2 |  | Neuenegg

towards Langnau i.E.

Location

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.

## History

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Station layout

Legend

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STB to Gümmenen

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Old station

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Bösingenstrasse

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STB to Flamatt

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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

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As of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Laupen BE:[9][10]

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

## Images

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* old station (1985)

* old station in winter (2019)

* old station building in 2019

* trackless old station in 2022

## References

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1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 19\. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. ^ "Liniennetz Bern West" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. ^ "Plan des zones / Zonenplan" (PDF) (in French and German). frimobil. 15 December 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Laupen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 3 November 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.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Ausbau Bahnlinie Flamatt–Laupen | SBB". company.sbb.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. 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.+[de]&rft.atitle=Zwischen+Flamatt+und+Laupen+fahren+wieder+Züge&rft.date=2021-04-06&rft.aulast=Writz&rft.aufirst=Jean-Michel&rft_id=https://www.freiburger-nachrichten.ch/zwischen-flamatt-und-laupen-fahren-wieder-zuge/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Laupen+BE+railway+station" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Laupen - Bern - Langnau - (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S2)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
10. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Laupen BE" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

## External links

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