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Lucerne (English: / l uː ˈ s ɜːr n / loo-SURN) or Luzern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ) [note 1] is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name.
Lucerne railway station (German: Bahnhof Luzern) is a major hub of the rail network of Switzerland, in the city of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne. It is a terminal station serving domestic and international traffic on several rail lines, and is situated in a city centre and waterfront location on the south side of Lake Lucerne. [6] [1]
Two of Switzerland's most distinguished universities are located in the city: the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), which is controlled by the federal government, and the University of Zurich, under direction of the canton of Zurich. Both universities were listed in the top 50 world universities rated in 2007, while the ETH ...
The station is located on the Lake Zurich left bank (Zurich to Chur) main line and the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway, part of the Zurich to Lucerne line. To the Zurich side of the station, the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel diverges from the original lakeside line, whilst on the Lucerne side is the junction point where the Zurich to Chur and Zurich to ...
The tunnel also provides a faster connection between the canton of Ticino and the rest of Switzerland, as well as between northern and southern Europe, cutting the Basel/Zürich–Lugano–Milan journey time for passenger trains by one hour (and from Lucerne to Bellinzona by 45 minutes). [16]
Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland. ... Zurich Ebikon – Lucerne: LU: 14,066 226,091 Lucerne Échallens: h [citation needed] Échallens: VD: 5,729 ...
Zurich Airport is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway, handling 24.9 million passengers in 2013. [2] The second largest airport, Geneva Cointrin , handled 14.4 million passengers (2013) and the third largest EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg 6.5 million passengers; both airports are shared with France.
Since the early 1990s, it operates a long-distance service between St. Gallen (Romanshorn until 2013) and Lucerne under the name Voralpen Express. This InterRegio (IR) service runs hourly via Herisau , the main town of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , the Toggenburg valley, the lakeside dam on Lake Zurich , the high moorland of ...