Hergiswil railway station

Hergiswil railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. To the south of the station the Brünig line enters the Lopper I tunnel to Alpnach whilst the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line enters the Lopper II tunnel to Stansstad.^[1][2]

Hergiswil
A Zentralbahn train at the station in 2009
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Hergiswil Switzerland
Coordinates	46°58′57.396″N 8°18′36.580″E / 46.98261000°N 8.31016111°E
Elevation	449 m (1,473 ft)
Owned by	Zentralbahn
Line(s)	Brünig line Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line
Train operators	Zentralbahn
Services
Preceding station Lucerne S-Bahn Following station Stansstad towards Wolfenschiessen S4 Hergiswil Matt towards Lucerne Stansstad towards Stans S44 Lucerne Terminus Alpnachstad towards Giswil S5 Hergiswil Matt towards Lucerne Alpnach Dorf towards Sachseln S55 Lucerne Terminus
Location Hergiswil Location within Switzerland Hergiswil Hergiswil (Canton of Nidwalden)

Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north.^[1][2]

The following services stop at Hergiswil:^[3][4]

• Lucerne S-Bahn:
  • S4/S5: service every fifteen minutes to Lucerne, every half-hour to Giswil or Stans, and every hour to Wolfenschiessen.
  • S44: rush-hour service between Lucerne and Stans.
  • S55: rush-hour service between Lucerne and Sachseln.

• station building (2012)

• portals of Looper tunnels south of the station (2007)

• station building, street side (2004)

•   Media related to Hergiswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Hergiswil railway station – SBB