Täsch railway station

Coordinates: 46°04′00″N 07°46′29″E / 46.06667°N 7.77472°E / 46.06667; 7.77472
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Täsch
Brig–Zermatt line
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
History
Opened18 July 1891 (1891-07-18)
Electrified1 October 1929 (1929-10-01)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Zermatt
Terminus
RE 41 Randa
towards Visp
RE 42 Randa
towards Fiesch
R 40
Terminus
Location
Täsch is located in Switzerland
Täsch
Täsch
Location within Switzerland

Täsch railway station is a

SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG
).

Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the BVZ has been owned and operated by the

Furka Oberalp Bahn
(FO).

Due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their vehicles. For most of most days, this service operates at 20-minute intervals. The MGB also operates regional services between Zermatt and Brig via Täsch at hourly intervals.[1]

Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, pass through Täsch, but do not stop there.

Services

The following services stop at Zermatt:[2]

  • Regio
    :
    • half-hourly service between Zermatt and Visp, with every other train continuing from Visp to Fiesch.
    • shuttle service every twenty minutes to Zermatt.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Swiss timetable 140.
  2. ^ "Brig - Visp - Zermatt" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

Further reading

  • Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2006). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 1. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). .
  • "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. (in English)

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