Lucens railway station
Lucens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lucens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lucens Castle and Curtilles Castle.
Lucens Castle
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Lucens Castle is a castle in the municipality of Lucens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Lucens Castle is situated 520 metres northwest of Lucens railway station.
Curtilles Castle
Castle
Photo: Mbarbey49, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Curtilles Castle is a castle in the municipality of Curtilles of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Curtilles Castle is situated 1¼ km southeast of Lucens railway station.
Lucens reactor
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The Lucens reactor was a 6 MW experimental nuclear power reactor built next to Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland. After its connection to the electrical grid on 29 January 1968, the reactor only operated for a year before it suffered an accident on 21 January 1969. Lucens reactor is situated 2 km southwest of Lucens railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curtilles and Cremin.
Curtilles
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Curtilles is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Cremin
Village
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Cremin is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Cremin, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens.
Lovatens
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lovatens is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Lucens railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Switzerland
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Lucens, Broye-Vully District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.70778° or 46° 42′ 28″ northLongitude
6.84212° or 6° 50′ 32″ eastElevation
493 metres (1,617 feet)Operator
SBBAbbreviation
“LUC”UIC ID
8504121Open location code
8FR8PR5R+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2400947089OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Spanish—“Lucens railway station” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Lucens”
- French: “gare de Lucens”
- French: “Gare de Lucens”
- French: “Lucens”
- German: “Bahnhof Lucens”
- Hungarian: “Lucens vasútállomás”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Lucens”
- Spanish: “Estación de Lucens”
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