Bilten railway station

Bilten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Glarus and municipality of Glarus Nord. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways, and takes its name from the nearby village of Bilten.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schänis railway station and St. Sebastianskapelle.

Schänis railway station

Railway stop

Schänis railway station

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Schänis railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schänis in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line. Schänis railway station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Bilten railway station.

St. Sebastianskapelle

Church

St. Sebastianskapelle

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St. Sebastianskapelle is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Bilten railway station.

Medieval castle ruins of Niederwindegg

Castle

Medieval castle ruins of Niederwindegg

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Medieval castle ruins of Niederwindegg is situated 2 km southeast of Bilten railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bilten and Schänis.

Bilten

Village

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Bilten is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

Schänis

Village

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Schänis is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Ussbühl

Hamlet

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Ussbühl is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Bilten railway station.

Bilten railway station

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Switzerland
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Glarus Nord, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.15208° or 47° 9′ 8″ north

Longitude

9.03° or 9° 1′ 48″ east

Elevation

417 metres (1,368 feet)

Operator

SBB

Abbreviation

“BIL”

UIC ID

8503224

Open location code

8FVF522H+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1724275556

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Venetian—“Bilten railway station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Bilten”
Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بيلتين”
Esperanto: “Bilten”
French: “Bilten”
French: “gare de Bilten”
German: “Bahnhof Bilten”
Hungarian: “Bilten vasútállomás”
Korean: “빌텐역”
Spanish: “Estacion de Bilten”
Spanish: “Estación de Bilten”
Venetian: “Stasion de Bilten”

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