Sedrun railway station

Sedrun railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the village of Sedrun, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The station is at the eastern end of the Oberalp Pass. It forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and, via the Oberalp Pass, with Sedrun and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden.

Sedrun
Two-story building with gabled roof and wings
The station building in 2017
General information
LocationVia dalla Staziun 1
Tujetsch
Switzerland
Coordinates46°40′51.83″N 8°46′11.18″E
Elevation1,441.2 m (4,728 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)Furka Oberalp line
Distance87.77 km (54.54 mi)
from Brig Bahnhofplatz
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
History
Opened3 July 1926 (1926-07-03)
Electrified29 May 1941 (1941-05-29)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Rueras
towards Andermatt
 R 45 Bugnei
towards Disentis/Mustér
Andermatt
Terminus
 Oberalp car shuttle train Terminus
Location
Sedrun is located in Switzerland
Sedrun
Sedrun
Location within Switzerland

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).

Services

The MGB operates regional services between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér via Sedrun, at hourly intervals. These services connect in Andermatt with other MGB regional services, operating to Brig Bahnhofplatz and Göschenen. They also connect in Disentis/Mustér with similar hourly regional services, operated by the Rhaetian Railway and heading further east.[1]

Additionally, during the winter closure of the Oberalp pass road, the MGB also operates frequent car shuttle trains between Andermatt and Sedrun, via the Oberalp Pass.[2][3]

Every day several Glacier Express trains pass through Sedrun, but do not stop there.[4]

  • Deh 4/4II 93 with a train in Sedrun
    Deh 4/4II 93 with a train in Sedrun
  • The station in winter
    The station in winter
  • The station looking back toward the Oberalp pass
    The station looking back toward the Oberalp pass

See also

References
  1. "Chur - Disentis/Mustér - Andermatt" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. Swiss timetable 1983.
  3. "Oberalp car train". Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. "Glacier Express" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

Bibliography
  • 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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