Betten Talstation railway station (German: Bahnhof Betten Talstation) is a railway station in the municipality of Grengiols, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only. The station is adjacent to the valley station (Talstation) of the cable car to Bettmeralp.
Betten Talstation | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Grengiols Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°22′16″N 8°4′37″E / 46.37111°N 8.07694°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 829 m (2,720 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 10.22 kilometres (6.35 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501675 (BEMG) | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 620 per weekday[1] (MGB) | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Betten Talstation:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Grengiols, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Betten Talstation railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Betten Talstation railway station – SBB
