Andermatt railway station

Andermatt railway station is a railway station and junction on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), serving the town and municipality of Andermatt, in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is connected, via the Furka Pass, with Brig and Visp in the canton of Valais, and, via the Oberalp Pass, with the western terminus of the Rhaetian Railway at Disentis/Mustér, in the canton of Graubünden. There is also a short branch line, the Schöllenenbahn, between Andermatt and Göschenen, at the northern end of the standard gauge Gotthard Rail Tunnel.

Andermatt
A regional train at Andermatt station
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 2
Andermatt
Switzerland
Coordinates46°38′12.81″N 8°35′35.75″E / 46.6368917°N 8.5932639°E / 46.6368917; 8.5932639
Elevation1,435.7 m (4,710 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)
Distance67.94 km (42.22 mi)
from Brig
Platforms3
Train operators
History
Opened12 July 1917 (1917-07-12)
Electrified12 July 1917 (1917-07-12) (1,200 V DC)
29 May 1941 (1941-05-29) (11 kV AC)
Services
Preceding station Glacier Express Following station
Brig Bahnhofplatz
towards Zermatt
Glacier Express Disentis/Mustér
towards St. Moritz
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Hospental
towards Visp
R 43 Terminus
Hospental
towards Realp
R 44 Göschenen
Terminus
Terminus R 45 Nätschen
Oberalp car shuttle train Sedrun
Terminus
Location
Andermatt is located in Switzerland
Andermatt
Andermatt
Location within Switzerland

Since 2003, the FO, including Andermatt station and the lines and trains serving it, has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB).

The station currently has three platforms in use.

Services

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As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Andermatt:[1][2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Chur - Disentis/Mustér - Andermatt" (PDF) (in German). Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Oberalp car train". Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

Further reading

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  • Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-057-2.
  • Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
  • "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2010-07-23. (in English)
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