Oberwald railway station

Oberwald
The Oberwald station building
Location
Address	Furkastrasse 3999 Obergoms
Municipality	Obergoms
District	Goms
Canton	Valais
Country	Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53°N 8.34222°E / 46.53; 8.34222Coordinates: 46°31′48″N 08°20′32″E / 46.53°N 8.34222°E / 46.53; 8.34222
Line(s)	Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
Distance	41.33 km (25.68 mi) from Brig
Elevation	1,365.9 m (4,481 ft)
Other information
Opened	1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Electrified	13 November 1941 (1941-11-13)
Line ops	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
Connections
	Postauto Local buses
Location map
Oberwald railway station Oberwald railway station (Switzerland)

Oberwald railway station is a metre gauge 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 Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via the base tunnel and Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), 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 Cogwheel Steam Railway (DFB), a heritage railway operating in summer over the FO section that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.^[1] The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and Gletsch 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.^[2] Scheduled DFB services commenced on 13 August 2010.^[3]

Rail services to Oberwald

Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, call at Oberwald, on their journey between Zermatt and either St.Moritz or Davos Platz.^[4]

The MGB also operates regional services from Visp via Brig and Oberwald to Andermatt and beyond,^[5] at hourly intervals.

Additionally, the MGB operates frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Oberwald and Realp in Uri.^[6]

DFB heritage train services operate only between June and October.^[7]

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services

Preceding station		Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn		Following station
Fiesch toward Zermatt		Glacier Express Swiss timetable 144		Andermatt toward St. Moritz/Davos Platz
Obergesteln toward Visp		Regional services Swiss timetable 142		Realp toward Göschenen
Terminus		Furka car shuttle train Swiss timetable 1982		Realp Terminus

Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway services

Preceding station		Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway		Following station
Terminus		Heritage railway Operated by steam engines		Gletsch toward Realp DFB

See also

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	Architecture portal
	Switzerland portal

• Glacier Express
• Car shuttle train
• Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
• Furka Base Tunnel
• Furka Oberalp Bahn
• Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway

References

1. ^ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
2. ^ News:Spike driven, line goes through (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
3. ^ Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (German) (accessed 2010-08-20)
4. ^ Swiss timetable 144.
5. ^ Swiss timetable 142.
6. ^ Swiss timetable 1982.
7. ^ DFB timetable (English) (accessed 2010-08-20)

• Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-057-2.  (German)
• Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.  (German)
• "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/en/welcome/.  (English)

External links

• Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (German)
• Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (English)
• Official timetable of Switzerland (English)