Bitsch railway station
Bitsch | ||||||||||||||||
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The station platform in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Bitsch Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°20′10″N 8°1′1″E / 46.33611°N 8.01694°E | |||||||||||||||
Elevation | 696 m (2,283 ft) | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 3.85 km (2.39 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8501677 (BITS) | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | 340 per weekday[2] (MGB) | |||||||||||||||
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Bitsch railway station (German: Bahnhof Bitsch) is a railway station in the municipality of Bitsch, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Bitsch:[3]
- Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
- RegioExpress: hourly service between Zermatt and Fiesch.
References
- ^ "Liniennetz Brig und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Bitsch, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
External links
- Media related to Bitsch railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Bitsch railway station – SBB