Aareschlucht West railway station (German: Bahnhof Aareschlucht West) is a railway station in the municipality of Meiringen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn (MIB).[1] The station is adjacent to the Aare river and located just west of the Aare Gorge (German: Aareschlucht).
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![]() The station platform in 2014; the photographer is standing on a footbridge that crosses the Aare | |||||||||||
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Location | Meiringen, Bern Switzerland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°43′16.3″N 8°11′55.0″E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 604 m (1,982 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Meiringen–Innertkirchen line | ||||||||||
Distance | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) from Meiringen[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 812 (Libero)[2] | ||||||||||
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The station is named "West" as opposed to the station Aareschlucht Ost MIB railway station, "East" of the gorge.
As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Aareschlucht West:[3]