Oberwald railway station

Oberwald

The Oberwald station building
Location Furkastrasse
3999 Obergoms
Goms, Valais
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53000°N 8.34222°E / 46.53000; 8.34222Coordinates: 46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53000°N 8.34222°E / 46.53000; 8.34222
Elevation 1,365.9 m (4,481 ft)
Operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
Line(s) Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO)
Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
Distance 41.33 km (25.68 mi)
from Brig
Connections Postauto and local buses
History
Opened 1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Electrified 13 November 1941 (1941-11-13)
Location
Oberwald
Location within Switzerland

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, 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).

At ceremony held on 12 August 2010, Oberwald station also became a station on the Furka Cogwheel 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]

Rail services to Oberwald

Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, call at Oberwald, on their journey between Zermatt and either St.Moritz or Davos Platz.[4]

The MGB also operates regional services from Visp via Brig and Oberwald to Andermatt and beyond,[5] at hourly intervals.

Additionally, the MGB operates frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Oberwald and Realp in Uri.[6]

DFB heritage train services operate only between June and October.[7]

Construction of the proposed Grimsel Tunnel would provide a fourth metre gauge railway link northwards under the Grimsel Pass towards Meiringen railway station.

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services

Preceding station   Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn   Following station
toward Zermatt
Glacier Express
Swiss timetable 144
Obergesteln
toward Visp
Regional services
Swiss timetable 142
toward Göschenen
TerminusFurka car shuttle train
Swiss timetable 1982
Terminus

Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway services

Preceding station   Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway   Following station
TerminusHeritage railway
Operated by steam engines
toward Realp DFB

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  2. ↑ News:Spike driven, line goes through (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  3. ↑ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
  4. ↑ Swiss timetable 144.
  5. ↑ Swiss timetable 142.
  6. ↑ Swiss timetable 1982.
  7. ↑ DFB timetable (accessed 2010-08-20)

Further reading

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