Realp railway station

Realp railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Realp, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is close to the eastern portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via 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).

Realp
Realp with its station in the centre
LocationBahnhofstrasse 2
Realp
Switzerland
Coordinates46°35′55.07″N 8°30′12.44″E
Elevation1,537.7 m (5,045 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)Furka Oberalp line
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
ConnectionsLocal buses
History
Opened4 July 1926 (1926-07-04)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Oberwald
towards Visp
 Regio
 Hospental
towards Andermatt
Oberwald
Terminus
 Furka car shuttle train Terminus
Location
Realp
Location within Switzerland

Not far from Realp station is another railway station, Realp DFB, which serves the Furka Steam Railway, a heritage railway operating in summer over the part of the FO that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.

Services

The following services stop at Realp:[1][2]

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Realp without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Realp in late 2015.[3]

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See also

References

Notes
  1. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. "Autoverlad Furka Oberwald - Realp" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "Glacier Express" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

Further reading
  • von Arx, Johannes (2000). Furka-Bergstrecke; Abenteuer Furka (in German). Oberwald, Switzerland: Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke.
  • 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.
  • Moser, Beat; Krebs, Peter (2010). Erlebnis Furka-Bergstrecke / Aventure Ligne sommitale de la Furka. Zürich: AS-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-909111-71-8. (in German and French)
  • "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. (in English)
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