Orsières railway station
Orsières | ||||||||||||
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 The station in 2019 | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Orsières Switzerland | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°1′40.465″N 7°8′37.054″E / 46.02790694°N 7.14362611°E | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 902 m (2,959 ft) | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Transports de Martigny et Régions | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Martigny–Orsières line | |||||||||||
| Distance | 19.3 km (12.0 mi) from Martigny[1] | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||
| Train operators | RegionAlps | |||||||||||
| Connections | Transports de Martigny et Régions bus lines[2] | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501578 (ORS) | |||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||
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Orsières railway station (French: Gare d'Orsières) is a railway station in the municipality of Orsières, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Martigny–Orsières line of Transports de Martigny et Régions.[1] It is the southernmost station on the Swiss side of the Great St Bernard Pass; bus services connect it with Aosta in Italy.[2]
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Orsières:[3][4]
- Regio: hourly or half-hourly service to Sembrancher.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ a b "Plan du réseau TMR" (in French). Transports de Martigny et Régions. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Martigny - Sembrancher - Le Châble (Verbier) / Sembrancher - Orsières" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "Départ: Orsières" (PDF) (in French). RegionAlps. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Orsières railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Orsières railway station – SBB
- Orsières railway station – RegionAlps (in French)
