Frutigen railway station

Frutigen

The portal of the base tunnel at the northern end of the station, with a train on the old route in the background
Location Bahnhofstrasse,
Frutigen,
Canton of Bern,
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°35′20″N 7°39′06″E / 46.588796°N 7.651548°E / 46.588796; 7.651548Coordinates: 46°35′20″N 7°39′06″E / 46.588796°N 7.651548°E / 46.588796; 7.651548
Elevation 1,176 m (3,858 ft)
Owned by BLS AG
Operated by BLS AG
Line(s) Lötschberg line
Connections PostAuto bus services
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
toward Bern
BLS
toward Brig
Location
Frutigen railway station (Switzerland)

Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.[1]

The station is served by the following passenger train:[2]

Operator Train Type Route Typical
Frequency		 Notes
BLS RegioExpress
Lötschberger		 Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig 1 per hour

The station is also served by PostAuto bus services to Wengi, Reudlen and Reichenbach im Kandertal, to Kandergrund, Blausee, Mitholz and Kandersteg, and to Achseten and Adelboden.[3][4]

The northern portal of the Lötschberg base tunnel lies immediately to the south of the station. Trains passing through the station are able to use either Lötschberg route, thanks to a grade separated junction between the station and tunnel mouth. This junction also allows trains on the base tunnel route to bypass Frutigen station, using the Engstlige tunnel.[1]

Whilst passenger trains on the base tunnel route can serve Frutigen station, only one train per day does so, with most stopping services operating via the old line.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. 1 2 "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Spiez–Reichenbach im Kandertal–Frutigen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. ↑ "AdelbodenFrutigenKandersteg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
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