Zug railway station serves the municipality of Zug, the capital city of the canton of Zug, Switzerland.
Entrance to the 2001–2004 station building
Zug is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug. Its name, translating from German as "pull" or "tug", originates from the fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to pull up fishing nets and hence to the right to fish.
View over Lake Zug with the old town of Zug and the Zytturm
Unterstadt (lower town) as seen from Lake Zug harbour
Oberstadt (upper town) in the Altstadt
Night view of Zug and its lake