Fiesch railway station

Fiesch

A Zermatt-bound Glacier Express at Fiesch.
Location Bahnhofstrasse
3984 Fiesch
Goms, Valais
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°24′12″N 08°07′56″E / 46.40333°N 8.13222°E / 46.40333; 8.13222Coordinates: 46°24′12″N 08°07′56″E / 46.40333°N 8.13222°E / 46.40333; 8.13222
Elevation 1,062.2 m (3,485 ft)
Operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s) Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO)
Distance 17.27 km (10.73 mi)
from Brig
Connections Postauto and local buses
History
Opened 1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Electrified 13 November 1941 (1941-11-13)
Services
Preceding station   Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn   Following station
toward Zermatt
Glacier Express
Swiss timetable 144
Fiesch Sport- & Feriencenter
toward Visp
Regional services
Swiss timetable 142
Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation
toward Göschenen
Location
Fiesch
Location within Switzerland

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).

Every day, at least one Glacier Express train, operated at this point by the MGB, calls at Fiesch in each direction. In summer, several other Glacier Expresses pass through Fiesch without stopping.[1]

The MGB also operates regional services from Visp via Brig and Oberwald to Andermatt and beyond,[2] at hourly intervals.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Swiss timetable 144.
  2. ↑ Swiss timetable 142.

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