Altdorf railway station

Altdorf railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Altdorf. The station is situated on the Gotthard railway north of its crossing of the Alps, and is the most southerly station before that line splits into the older route via Erstfeld and the original Gotthard Tunnel, and the newer route via the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Switzerland
Also known as: “Altdorf UR railway station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cantonal Library Uri and Türmli.

Cantonal Library Uri

Library

Photo: Kaelingisler2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cantonal Library Uri is situated 1 km northeast of Altdorf railway station.

Türmli

Scenic viewpoint

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Türmli is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Altdorf railway station.

Unter-Heiligkreuz Chapel

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Unter-Heiligkreuz Chapel is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Altdorf railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altdorf and Attinghausen.

Altdorf

Town

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.

Attinghausen

Village

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Attinghausen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Seedorf

Village

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Seedorf is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Bauen merged into the municipality of Seedorf.

Altdorf railway station

Categories: station and transportation
Location: Altdorf (UR), Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.87573° or 46° 52′ 33″ north

Longitude

8.63164° or 8° 37′ 54″ east

Elevation

448 metres (1,470 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

SBB

Abbreviation

“AL”

UIC ID

8505113

Open location code

8FRCVJGJ+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3074774935

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

11963152

Wikidata ID

Q4736224

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Dutch: “station Altdorf”
Egyptian Arabic: “محطة التدورف”
Esperanto: “Altdorf UR”
French: “Altdorf”
French: “gare d’Altdorf”
French: “Gare d’Altdorf”
German: “Bahnhof Altdorf UR”
German: “Bahnhof Altdorf”
Hungarian: “Altdorf vasútállomás”
Italian: “stazione di Altdorf”
Italian: “Stazione di Altdorf”
Korean: “알트도르프역”
Spanish: “Estacion de Altdorf”
Spanish: “Estación de Altdorf”
Venetian: “Stasion de Altdorf”

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