Fiesch railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Fiesch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003, the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).
Fiesch | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Fiesch Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°24′11.27″N 8°7′57.51″E / 46.4031306°N 8.1326417°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,062 m (3,484 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto AG buses[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501672 (FIE) | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1914 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 1'500 per weekday[2] (MGB) | |||||||||||||||
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The railway station was moved in 2019 and completely renewed. It now includes the lower end of the Fiesch - Fiescheralp gondola, further connected to the Eggishorn.[3]
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Fiesch:[4]
- Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
- RegioExpress: hourly service to Zermatt.
The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Fiesch without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Fiesch in late 2018.[5]
Gallery
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Station building and lower station of the aerial lift (Luftseilbahn Fiesch-Eggishorn), in 2019 -
Station building at the pre-2019 location (2003) -
Station building (1962)
References
edit- ^ "Liniennetz Fiesch und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Fiesch, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ Fiesch railway station on the Swiss National Map
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Glacier Express" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
Further reading
edit- Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-057-2.
- Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
- "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2010-07-15. (in English)
External links
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Media related to Fiesch railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Fiesch railway station (old location) at Wikimedia Commons
- Fiesch railway station – SBB
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
