Martigny railway station

Martigny railway station (French: Gare de Martigny, German: Bahnhof Martigny) is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively.[1]

Martigny
The station platform in 2011
Location	Martigny Switzerland
Coordinates	46°6′20.992″N 7°4′44.846″E
Elevation	466 m (1,529 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Martigny–Châtelard line Martigny–Orsières line Simplon line
Distance	66.5 km (41.3 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	2 bay platforms 1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways Transports de Martigny et Régions
Connections	Transports de Martigny et Régions and CarPostal Suisse bus lines[2]
Passengers
2018	9,300[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station St-Maurice towards Geneva Airport InterRegio IR 90 Sion towards Brig Preceding station Transports de Martigny et Régions Following station Les Fumeaux towards Vallorcine Regio Mont-Blanc Express Terminus Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Vernayaz towards St-Gingolph Regio Charrat-Fully towards Brig Vernayaz towards Monthey Regio Terminus Regio Martigny-Bourg towards Le Châble
Location

The station has five tracks. Three tracks are located on the Simplon line, served by a side platform and island platform. There is a bay platform on each end of the station, serving the Martigny–Châtelard and Martigny–Orsières lines.[4]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Martigny:[5][6][7]

• InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
• Regio:
  • half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.
  • hourly service to Le Châble.
  • Mont-Blanc Express: hourly service to Vallorcine, in France.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Réseau de lignes: Martigny" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
4. "Martigny" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
5. "Lausanne - Sion - Brig - (RER Vaud, lignes S2, S5)" (PDF) (in French). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
6. "Martigny - Le Châtelard-Frontière - Vallorcine - Chamonix - St-Gervais" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
7. "Martigny - Sembrancher - Le Châble - (Verbier)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

External links

• Media related to Martigny railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Martigny railway station – SBB
• Martigny railway station – RegionAlps (in French)