Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station

Brig Bahnhofplatz
Trains on tracks and canopy-covered platform with departure board
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn trains at the station in 2018
General information
LocationBrig-Glis
Switzerland
Coordinates46°19′8″N 7°59′10″E / 46.31889°N 7.98611°E / 46.31889; 7.98611
Elevation672 m (2,205 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks4
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Connections
[1]
Construction
Parking55
Bicycle facilities330
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code8515296 (BRMG)
Passengers
202320'700 per weekday[2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Glacier Express Following station
Zermatt
Terminus
 Glacier Express Andermatt
towards St. Moritz
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Eyholz
towards Zermatt
 RE 42 Bitsch
towards Fiesch
Eyholz
towards Visp
 R 43 Bitsch
towards Andermatt
Location
Map

Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station (German: Bahnhof Brig Bahnhofplatz) is a railway station in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the meeting point of two 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn and the Furka Oberalp Railway. Services at the station include the famed Glacier Express. The station is physically adjacent to the standard gauge Brig railway station, served by BLS AG and Swiss Federal Railways.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Brig Bahnhofplatz:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Liniennetz Brig und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Brig, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Brig" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.