Geschinen railway station (German: Bahnhof Geschinen), is a railway station in the locality of Münster-Geschinen, within the municipality of Goms, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request 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.
Geschinen | |||||||||||
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 The station platform in 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Goms Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°29′31″N 8°16′55″E / 46.49194°N 8.28194°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 34.7 kilometres (21.6 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 | 8501664 (GES) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 160 per weekday[1] (MGB) | ||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Geschinen:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Goms, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Geschinen railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Geschinen railway station – SBB
