Zermatt railway station

Zermatt

The station forecourt.
Location Bahnhofplatz
3920 Zermatt
Visp, Valais
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°1′27″N 07°44′51″E / 46.02417°N 7.74750°E / 46.02417; 7.74750Coordinates: 46°1′27″N 07°44′51″E / 46.02417°N 7.74750°E / 46.02417; 7.74750
Elevation 1,605.2 m (5,266 ft)
Operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Gornergratbahn (adjacent)
Line(s) BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
Gornergratbahn (adjacent)
Distance 0 km (0 mi)
from Zermatt
Connections Local electric buses
History
Opened 18 July 1891 (1891-07-18)
Electrified 1 October 1929 (1929-10-01) (BVZ)
20 August 1898 (1898-08-20) (Gornergratbahn)
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
TerminusGlacier Express
Swiss timetable 144
TerminusRegional services
Swiss timetable 140
toward Brig
TerminusZermatt Shuttle
Swiss timetable 141
Terminus
Terminus   Gornergrat railway   Findelbach
Location
Zermatt
Location within Switzerland

Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG). Since 1 January 2003, the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).

Overview

The station is also adjacent to the valley terminus of the Gornergratbahn mountain railway, which rises 1,484.4 metres (4,870 ft) in only 9.35 kilometres (5.81 mi) to its mountain terminus at the summit of the Gornergrat.

Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, either originate from, or terminate at, Zermatt station. The MGB also operates regional services to Brig at hourly intervals.

Additionally, due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and nearby Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their machines. For the better part of most days, this service operates at 20 minute intervals; it takes 12 minutes.[1][2]

Frequent services are also operated by the Gornergratbahn.

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Zermatt Shuttle". Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn website. Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Retrieved 6 February 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  2. ↑ "Täsch". Zermatt Matterhorn website. Zermatt Tourismus. Retrieved 6 February 2013. External link in |work= (help)

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