Goppenstein is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Ferden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel. It takes its name from the nearby hamlet of Goppenstein.[4]
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Ferden, Canton of Valais Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°22′03″N 7°45′20″E / 46.367431°N 7.7555°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,217 m (3,993 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BLS AG | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lötschberg line | |||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | BLS AG | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto AG bus service [1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 113 | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | GO | |||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 620 per weekday[3] (BLS, SBB) | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Goppenstein:[5][6]
- RegioExpress:
- hourly service to Bern and Brig, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.
- daily service on weekends during the high season to Biel/Bienne and Brig.
The station is also the southern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Kandersteg station via the Lötschberg tunnel, with trains running every 30 minutes. There is no road across the Lötschen Pass, under which the tunnel runs, and the nearest alternative road crossings lie many kilometres to the east and west.[7]
A connecting PostAuto bus service runs through the Lötschental valley between Steg and Fafleralp. Up the valley towards Fafleralp this route runs hourly and serves the valley communities of Ferden, Kippel, Wiler and Blatten. Alternate buses continue down the valley to Gampel-Steg.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Liniennetz Gampel Lötschental" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Gampel-Steg–Hohtenn–Goppenstein–Blatten (Lötschen)–Fafleralp" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Goppenstein, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Goppenstein" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Autoverlad Lötschberg Kandersteg - Goppenstein" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
External links
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Media related to Goppenstein railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Goppenstein railway station – SBB
- BLS car transport service
