Oberwald railway station

Oberwald railway station is a railway station serving the village of Oberwald, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station is close to the western portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via the base tunnel and Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).

Oberwald
The station in 2007
LocationFurkastrasse
Obergoms
Switzerland
Coordinates46°31′51.02″N 8°20′34.57″E
Elevation1,365.9 m (4,481 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)
Train operators
ConnectionsPostauto and local buses
History
Opened1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Obergesteln
towards Visp
 Regio
 Realp
towards Andermatt
Terminus Furka car shuttle train Realp
Terminus
Preceding station Furka Steam Railway Following station
Terminus Oberwald to Realp Gletsch
towards Realp DFB
Location
Oberwald
Location within Switzerland

At ceremony held on 12 August 2010, Oberwald station also became a station on the Furka Steam Railway (DFB), a heritage railway operating in summer over the FO section that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.[1] The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and Gletsch was formally reopened that day, following the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on 18 June 2010 to mark the physical reconnection of that portion of the line.[2] Scheduled DFB services commenced on 13 August 2010.[3]

Services

The following services stop at Oberwald:[4][5]

  • Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
  • Frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Oberwald and Realp.
  • DFB heritage train services between Oberwald and Realp via the traditional mountain route operate only between June and October.[6]

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Oberwald without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Oberwald in late 2014.[7] Construction of the proposed Grimsel Tunnel would provide a fourth metre gauge railway link northwards under the Grimsel Pass towards Meiringen railway station.

See also

References

Notes
  1. Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  2. News:Spike driven, line goes through Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  3. Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  4. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. "Autoverlad Furka Oberwald - Realp" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. DFB timetable (accessed 2010-08-20)
  7. "Glacier Express" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

Further reading
  • Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-057-2.
  • Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
  • "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. (in English)
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