Monthey railway station

Monthey
The station building in 2013
General information
Location	Monthey Switzerland
Coordinates	46°15′22″N 6°57′18″E
Elevation	406 m (1,332 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line
Distance	6.1 km (3.8 mi) from St-Maurice[1]
Platforms	2 1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	RegionAlps
Connections	CarPostal SA buses[2] Transports Publics du Chablais buses[3]
Construction
Parking	31
Bicycle facilities	17
Accessible	Partly
Other information
Station code	8501421 (MTH)
Passengers
2023	2'900 per weekday[4] (RegionAlps)
Services
Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Terminus R91 Massongex towards Brig Collombey towards St-Gingolph R91
Location

Monthey railway station (French: Gare de Monthey, German: Bahnhof Monthey) is a railway station in the municipality of Monthey, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line and is served by local trains only.[1]

Monthey is one of four stations located in the municipality; the other three are on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry line. The nearest of these is Monthey-Ville, is 700 metres (2,300 ft) to the west.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Monthey:[5][6]

• Regio: half-hourly service to Brig and hourly service to St-Gingolph.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 42, 74. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Réseau de lignes Chablais" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
3. "Plan de réseau TPC" (PDF) (in French). Transports Publics du Chablais. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Monthey, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "St-Gingolph - St-Gingolph - Monthey - St-Maurice" (PDF). öv-info.ch. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
6. "Départ: Gare de Monthey" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to Monthey railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Monthey railway station – SBB
• Monthey railway station – RegionAlps (in French)