Oberwald railway station
Oberwald | |
|---|---|
 The Oberwald station building | |
| Location |
Furkastrasse 3999 Obergoms Goms, Valais Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53000°N 8.34222°ECoordinates: 46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53000°N 8.34222°E |
| Elevation | 1,365.9 m (4,481 ft) |
| Operated by |
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway |
| Line(s) |
Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway |
| Distance |
41.33 km (25.68 mi) from Brig |
| Connections | Postauto and local buses |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1914 |
| Electrified | 13 November 1941 |
| Location | |
  Oberwald Location within Switzerland | |
Oberwald railway station is a railway station serving the village of Oberwald, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station is close to the western portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via the base tunnel and 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).
At ceremony held on 12 August 2010, Oberwald station also became a station on the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (DFB), a heritage railway operating in summer over the FO section that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.[1] The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and Gletsch was formally reopened that day, following the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on 18 June 2010 to mark the physical reconnection of that portion of the line.[2] Scheduled DFB services commenced on 13 August 2010.[3]
Rail services to Oberwald
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, call at Oberwald, on their journey between Zermatt and either St.Moritz or Davos Platz.[4]
The MGB also operates regional services from Visp via Brig and Oberwald to Andermatt and beyond,[5] at hourly intervals.
Additionally, the MGB operates frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Oberwald and Realp in Uri.[6]
DFB heritage train services operate only between June and October.[7]
Construction of the proposed Grimsel Tunnel would provide a fourth metre gauge railway link northwards under the Grimsel Pass towards Meiringen railway station.
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services
| Preceding station | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Zermatt | Glacier Express Swiss timetable 144 | |||
Obergesteln
toward Visp | Regional services Swiss timetable 142 | toward Göschenen |
||
| Terminus | Furka car shuttle train Swiss timetable 1982 | Terminus |
Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway services
| Preceding station | Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Heritage railway Operated by steam engines | toward Realp DFB |
See also
- Glacier Express
- Car shuttle train
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Furka Base Tunnel
- Furka Oberalp Bahn
- Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
References
Notes
- ↑ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
- ↑ News:Spike driven, line goes through (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
- ↑ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
- ↑ Swiss timetable 144.
- ↑ Swiss timetable 142.
- ↑ Swiss timetable 1982.
- ↑ DFB timetable (accessed 2010-08-20)
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. (English)
External links
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Media related to Oberwald_railway_station at Wikimedia Commons - Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (German)
- Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
- Official timetable of Switzerland