Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects 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). The station is across the street from Zermatt GGB railway station, the valley terminus of the Gornergrat Railway.
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 The station building in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz Zermatt Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°1′6″N 7°44′58″E / 46.01833°N 7.74944°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,605 m (5,266 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Brig–Zermatt line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Local electric buses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501689 (ZERM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 July 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1 October 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 5'500 per weekday[1] (MGB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
editEvery day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, either originate from, or terminate at, Zermatt station. The MGB also operates regional services to Brig at half-hourly intervals.
Additionally, due to Zermatt's car-free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and nearby Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park. For the better part of most days, this service operates at 20-minute intervals; it takes 12 minutes.[2][3]
Services
editAs of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Zermatt:[4][3][5]
- Glacier Express: one or more trains per day, depending on the season, to St. Moritz or Chur.
- RegioExpress: half-hourly service to Visp, with every other train continuing to Fiesch.
- Regio: shuttle service every twenty minutes to Täsch.
Gallery
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Zermatt railway station, ca 1900.
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Glacier Express welcome sign.
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The station concourse.
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HGe 4/4 II No. 102 and Tm 74.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Zermatt, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Zermatt Shuttle". Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Täsch - Zermatt (Shuttle-Züge mit Gepäck-Trolley)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Brig - Visp - Zermatt" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Glacier Express Zermatt - Brig - Andermatt - Disentis/Mustér-Chur - St. Moritz" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
Further reading
edit- 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.