Oberwald railway station explained

Style:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Oberwald
Address:Furkastrasse
Borough:Obergoms
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Platforms:4
Tracks:6
Connections:PostAuto AG buses[1]
Accessible:No
Code:8501661 (OBW)
Passengers:630 per weekday[2]
Pass Year:2023
Pass System:MGB
Mapframe:yes

Oberwald railway station is a railway station serving the village of Oberwald, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station is close to the western portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects in Valais, via the base tunnel and in Uri, with, Uri, and, Graubünden. Since, the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).

At ceremony held on 12 August 2010, Oberwald station also became a station on the Furka Steam Railway (DFB), a heritage railway operating in summer over the FO section that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.[3] The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and was formally reopened that day, following the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on 18 June 2010 to mark the physical reconnection of that portion of the line.[4] Scheduled DFB services commenced on 13 August 2010.[5]

Services

the following services stop at Oberwald:[6] [7] [8]

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Oberwald without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Oberwald in late 2014.[10] Construction of the proposed Grimsel Tunnel would provide a fourth metre gauge railway link northwards under the Grimsel Pass towards Meiringen railway station.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pässefahrten Zentralalpen . de . 10 December 2023 . 12 October 2024 . Libero.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2023) . . Oberwald, Switzerland . 2023 . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 12 October 2024.
  3. http://www.furka-bergstrecke.ch/ger/region/spezial/index.php Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010
  4. http://www.furka-bergstrecke.ch/ger/media/news/100618_gletschoberwald.php News:Spike driven, line goes through
  5. http://www.furka-bergstrecke.ch/ger/region/spezial/index.php Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010
  6. Web site: Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen . 27 September 2023 . de . 12 October 2024 . öv-info.ch.
  7. Web site: Realp DFB - Furka - Gletsch - Oberwald . 24 August 2023 . de,fr . 12 October 2024 . öv-info.ch.
  8. Web site: Autoverlad Furka Oberwald - Realp . 22 August 2024 . de . 12 October 2024 . öv-info.ch.
  9. https://www.dfb.ch/en/stories/timetable-and-other-important-informations DFB timetable
  10. Web site: Glacier Express . Bundesamt für Verkehr . de . 7 October 2019 . 17 May 2020.