Zug railway station

Zug
Entrance to the 2001–2004 station building.
Location	Bahnhofplatz 6300 Zug Zug Switzerland
Coordinates	47°10′27″N 08°30′56″E / 47.17417°N 8.51556°E / 47.17417; 8.51556Coordinates: 47°10′27″N 08°30′56″E / 47.17417°N 8.51556°E / 47.17417; 8.51556
Elevation	433 m above the sea
Owned by	SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by	SBB-CFF-FFS
Line(s)	Zurich–Lucerne Gotthard (Zug to Arth-Goldau branch)
Distance	29.24 km (18.17 mi) from Zürich HB (via Thalwil)
Platforms	7
Connections
	Zug Stadtbahn S 1 S 2 Zürich S-Bahn S 9 ( Schaffhausen –) Rafz – Zürich HB – Uster S 24 ( Thayngen – Schaffhausen – ) Winterthur – Zürich Airport – Zürich HB – Thalwil – Zug
	Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe (ZVB)
Construction
Architect	Klaus Hornberger
History
Opened	1 June 1897 (1897-06-01)
Services
Preceding station   Zürich S-Bahn   Following station Steinhausen Rigiblick   Zürich S-Bahn S5 line   Terminus Baar   Zürich S-Bahn S24 line   Terminus
Location
Zug Location within Switzerland

Zug railway station (German: Bahnhof Zug) 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 Zurich–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.

Zug railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, right in the heart of the city centre, a short distance from the shore of Lake Zug.

The 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 Zurich 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.

Between 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.

The redesigned building consists of a basement used for storage, one retail space at street level and another at platform level, and three floors of office space above. A total of 14 retail stores are located in the retail spaces. A new passage to the station entrance was specially built, so that pedestrians can reach the concourse more easily. Additionally, the separate Grafenau and Metalli quarters are now easier to reach. For the cyclists, new shelters were built. The newly created Bahnhofsplatz serves as a bus turning area. There are also internet connections, via wireless LAN, at certain locations within the station.