Bitsch railway station (German: Bahnhof Bitsch) is a railway station in the municipality of Bitsch, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
Bitsch | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station platform in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bitsch Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°20′10″N 8°1′1″E / 46.33611°N 8.01694°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 696 m (2,283 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3.85 km (2.39 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501677 (BITS) | |||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 340 per weekday[2] (MGB) | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Bitsch:[3]
References
edit- ^ "Liniennetz Brig und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Bitsch, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Bitsch railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Bitsch railway station – SBB
