Stalden-Saas railway station

Not to be confused with Stalden i.E. railway station.
Stalden-Saas
Three-story building with gabled roof; city visible behind
The station building and platforms in 2020
General information
LocationStalden
Switzerland
Coordinates46°13′55″N 7°52′16″E / 46.23194°N 7.87111°E / 46.23194; 7.87111
Elevation800 m (2,600 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)Brig–Zermatt line
Distance27.72 km (17.22 mi) from Zermatt
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
ConnectionsPostAuto AG buses[1]
Construction
AccessiblePartly
Other information
Station code8501683 (STAS)
Passengers
2023860 per weekday[2] (MGB)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Kalpetran
towards Zermatt
 RE 41 Visp
Terminus
RE 42 Visp
towards Fiesch
Location
Map

Stalden-Saas railway station (German: Bahnhof Stalden-Saas, French: Gare de Stalden-Saas) is a railway station in the municipality of Stalden, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Stalden-Saas:[3]

Film

Stalden-Saas railway station appears in the 1979 Charles Bronson action film Love and Bullets. Bronson (as character Charlie Congers) and Jill Ireland (Jackie Pruit) disembark from a train and begin driving toward Kandersteg from the station carpark.

References

  1. ^ "Liniennetz Grächen / St. Niklaus" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Stalden, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ "Brig - Visp - Zermatt" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024.