Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station (German: Bahnhof Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation), is a railway station in the municipality of Bellwald, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate 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. The station is adjacent to the valley station (German: Talstation) of the aerial tramway to Bellwald.
Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation | |||||||||||
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 The station building in 2010 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bellwald Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°24′43″N 8°9′7″E / 46.41194°N 8.15194°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,202 m (3,944 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 20.4 kilometres (12.7 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501671 (FUER) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Fürgangen-Bellwald (until 2008) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 320 per weekday[1] (MGB) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Bellwald, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station – SBB
