Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel.[4]
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 The station platforms in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Kandersteg, Canton of Bern Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°29′43″N 7°40′17″E / 46.495187°N 7.671483°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,176 m (3,858 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BLS AG | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lötschberg line | |||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 2 (for passenger use) | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | BLS AG | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 100 | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KA | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 833 (Libero)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 1'200 per weekday[3] (BLS, SBB) | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Kandersteg:[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 northern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Goppenstein 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]
The station is also served by Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus services to Mitholz, Blausee, Kandergrund and Frutigen, to Sunnbühl and Busbetrieb Kandersteg - Gasterntal bus services to Selden in the Gastertal.[1][8][9][10]
Gallery
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The station from the street -
Unloading the car shuttle
References
edit- ^ a b "Liniennetz Kander und Engstligental" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Kandersteg, 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 and Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Kandersteg" (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.
- ^ "Adelboden—Frutigen—Kandersteg" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Kandersteg – Selden" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Kandersteg Bahnhof - Talstat. Sunnbüel" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
External links
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Media related to Kandersteg railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Kandersteg railway station – SBB
- BLS car transport service
