Fiesch railway station

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 (2003-01-01), 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
The new railway station
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse
Fiesch
Switzerland
Coordinates46°24′11.27″N 8°7′57.51″E
Elevation1,062.2 m (3,485 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)Furka Oberalp line
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
ConnectionsPostauto and local buses
History
Opened1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Fiesch Feriendorf
towards Visp
 R 43 Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation
towards Andermatt
Fiesch Feriendorf
towards Zermatt
 RE 42 Terminus
Location
Fiesch is located in Switzerland
Fiesch
Fiesch
Location within Switzerland

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.[1]

Services

The following services stop at Fiesch:[2]

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Fiesch without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Fiesch in late 2018.[3]

  • Station building and lower station of the aerial lift (Luftseilbahn Fiesch-Eggishorn), in 2019
    Station building and lower station of the aerial lift (Luftseilbahn Fiesch-Eggishorn), in 2019
  • Station building at the pre-2019 location (2003)
    Station building at the pre-2019 location (2003)
  • Station building (1962)
    Station building (1962)

References
  1. Fiesch railway station on the Swiss National Map
  2. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. "Glacier Express" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

Further reading
  • 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. (in English)


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