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 station building in 2018
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
 Regio
 Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation
towards Andermatt
Fiesch Feriendorf
towards Zermatt
 Terminus
Location
Fiesch
Location within Switzerland

Services

The following services stop at Fiesch:[1]

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Fiesch without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Fiesch in late 2018.[2]

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References
  1. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "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). 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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