 This state of affairs continued until the merger in 1992.The line from Rigi Staffelhöhe to Rigi Kulm, was just long but enabled trains to reach the summit at Rigi Kulm, a height of above sea level, a climb of a further from Rigi Staffelhöhe.By the time construction started on the main line of the Arth–Rigi Railway, construction had also started on the Gotthard railway, and it was clear that this main line railway would include a station in Arth, now known as Arth-Goldau station.