Täsch railway station
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Brig–Zermatt line | |||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 July 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1 October 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Täsch railway station is a
SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG
).
Since 1 January 2003
, the BVZ has been owned and operated by theFurka 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:
See also
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway
- Täsch
- Zermatt
- Matterhorn
References
Notes
- ^ Swiss timetable 140.
- ^ "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). ISBN 3-89610-157-9.
- "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. (in English)
External links
- Täsch railway station – SBB
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German)
- Matterhorn Terminal AG - information about Zermatt shuttle trains