Täsch railway station
Täsch | |||||
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 A shuttle train at the station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Neue Kantonsstrasse 3929 Täsch Visp, Valais Switzerland | ||||
| Coordinates | 46°04′00″N 07°46′29″E / 46.06667°N 7.77472°E | ||||
| Elevation | 1,437.6 m (4,717 ft) | ||||
| Operated by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||
| Line(s) | Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway | ||||
| Distance | 5.61 km (3.49 mi) from Zermatt | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 18 July 1891 | ||||
| Electrified | 1 October 1929 | ||||
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Täsch railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the municipality of Täsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It forms part of the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ), which connects the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG).
Since 1 January 2003, the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
Due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their vehicles. For most of most days, this service operates at 20 minute intervals. The MGB also operates regional services between Zermatt and Brig via Täsch at hourly intervals.[1]
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, pass through Täsch, but do not stop there.
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services
- Shuttle services - frequent
- Regional services - 1tph
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See also
References
Notes
- ^ Swiss timetable 140.
Further reading
- Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2006). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 1. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-157-9.
- "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Template:En icon
External links
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Template:De icon
- Matterhorn Terminal AG - information about Zermatt shuttle trains
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