Shipping services on
Lake Thun date back to at least 1834, when the first
steamship was introduced to connect the towns of Thun and
Interlaken, at each end of the lake. Originally steamers docked at
Scherzligen, and in 1861 the
Bern–Thun railway line was extended to a terminal there. In 1923, the station at Scherzligen was merged with that at Thun to create a new central station. Two years later, in 1925, the ship canal was constructed in order to retain the connection between trains and ships. == References ==