St. Niklaus VS railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Niklaus VS, French: Gare de St. Niklaus VS) is a railway station in the municipality of St. Niklaus, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.
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 The station building in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Niklaus Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°10′37″N 7°48′7″E / 46.17694°N 7.80194°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,127 m (3,698 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Brig–Zermatt line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 19.01 km (11.81 mi) from Zermatt | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2
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| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto AG buses[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501685 (SNK) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | St. Niklaus (until 2020) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 1'200 per weekday[2] (MGB) | ||||||||||||||
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Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at St. Niklaus VS:[3]
References
edit- ^ "Liniennetz Grächen / St. Niklaus" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". St. Niklaus, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Brig - Visp - Zermatt" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to St. Niklaus VS railway station at Wikimedia Commons- St. Niklaus VS railway station – SBB
