Zug railway station

Geschichte

Zug railway station serves the municipality of Zug, the capital city of the canton of Zug, Switzerland.Opened in 1897, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between the Zürich–Lucerne railway and the Zug to Arth-Goldau branch of the Gotthard railway.Every day, some 20,000 people pass through the station, making it one of the ten busiest in Switzerland.LocationZug railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, right in the heart of the city centre, a short distance from the shore of Lake Zug.HistoryThe first railway station in Zug was built in 1863-1864 by the architect Friedrich Jacob Wanner, in what is now the Bundesplatz. It was a terminal station, which could be reached only from the direction of Cham and Knonau. With an additional junction, trains could be turned. In 1897, as the railway lines to Zürich via Thalwil and to Arth-Goldau were opened, the station had to be moved to its current site. The original station building was dismantled and rebuilt in Zürich Wollishofen.Station buildingBetween 2001 and 2004, a redesigned station building was constructed at the station, at a cost of some 65 million Swiss francs. The building area is approximately 6500 m².