Frutigen railway station
Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.[1]
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The station building in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Frutigen Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°35′20″N 7°39′7″E / 46.58889°N 7.65194°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 779 m (2,556 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | BLS AG | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lötschberg line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | BLS AG | ||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto bus services | ||||||||||
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Frutigen Location within Switzerland | |||||||||||
Services edit
The following services stop at Frutigen:[2]
- RegioExpress: hourly service to Bern and Brig, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.
The station is also served by PostAuto bus services to Wengi, Reudlen and Reichenbach im Kandertal, to Kandergrund, Blausee, Mitholz and Kandersteg, and to Achseten and Adelboden.[3][4]
The northern portal of the Lötschberg base tunnel lies immediately to the south of the station. Trains passing through the station are able to use either Lötschberg route, thanks to a grade-separated junction between the station and tunnel mouth. This junction also allows trains on the base tunnel route to bypass Frutigen station, using the Engstlige tunnel.[1]
Whilst passenger trains on the base tunnel route can serve Frutigen station, only one train per day does so, with most stopping services operating via the old line.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ a b "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Spiez–Reichenbach im Kandertal–Frutigen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
- ^ "AdelbodenFrutigenKandersteg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
External links edit
- Media related to Frutigen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Frutigen railway station – SBB