Frutigen railway station
{{short description|Railway station in Frutigen, Switzerland}}
{{Infobox station
| style = BLS
| name = Frutigen
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| symbol_location =
| symbol =
| type =
| image = Frutigen railway station.jpg
| alt = Three-story building with hip roof
| caption = The station building in 2018
| address = Bahnhofstrasse
| borough = Frutigen
| country = Switzerland
| coordinates = {{WikidataCoord||region:CH-BE_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{WikidataElevation||abbr=on}}
| owned = BLS AG
| operator =
| line = Lötschberg line
| distance = {{convert|13.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{rws|Spiez}}
| platforms = {{Plainlist|
3
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| tracks = 3
| train_operators = {{Plainlist|
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| connections = {{Plainlist|
- PostAuto AG bus service
- Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus services
}}
{{cite web | url=https://www.mylibero.ch/sites/default/files/2024-12/Liniennetz-Spiez-2025.pdf | title=Liniennetz Spiez | language=de | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=26 January 2025 | publisher=Libero}}
| structure =
| parking = Yes (74 spaces)
| bicycle =
| accessible = Yes
| code = 8507478 (FR)
| iata =
| zone = 831 (Libero){{cite web | title=Zonenplan Plan des Zones | url=https://www.mylibero.ch/sites/default/files/2024-12/Libero-Gesamtzonenplan-2025_0.pdf | publisher=Libero | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=26 January 2025 | language=de,fr}}
| website =
| opened =
| electrified =
| closed =
| passengers = 2'600 per weekday{{cite web |url=https://data.sbb.ch/explore/dataset/passagierfrequenz/table/?disjunctive.kt_ct_cantone&disjunctive.isb_gi&sort=dwv_tmjo_tfm&q=Frutigen&refine.jahr_annee_anno=2023|title=Passagierfrequenz (2023) |publisher=SBB CFF FFS |location=Frutigen, Switzerland |date=2023 |via=data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL |access-date=23 June 2024}}
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_rank =
| pass_system = BLS, SBB
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=BLS
|line1=RE1|type1=Lötschberg|left1=Reichenbach im Kandertal|right1=Kandersteg
|line2=RE11|left2=Reichenbach im Kandertal|right2=Kandersteg|note-mid2=Weekends only
|line3=R12|left3=Reichenbach im Kandertal|
}}
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| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail}}
}}
Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.{{Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz 2024|page=32,77}}{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=616503&X=159126&zoom=6&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&time_current=latest&lang=en | accessdate = 2013-10-14}}
Services
{{As of|alt=As of the December 2024 timetable change|2024|12|post=,}} the following services stop at Frutigen:{{cite web | url = https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/330.pdf | title = Spiez - Lötschberg - Brig | language=de | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=19 September 2024 | access-date=26 January 2025}}{{cite web | title=Abfahrt: Bahnhof Frutigen | language=de | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=26 January 2025 | url=https://www.bls.ch/-/media/bls/pdf/fahrplaene/bahn/abfahrtsplakate/frutigen-v2.pdf | work=BLS AG}}
- RegioExpress:
- hourly service to {{rws|Bern}} and {{rws|Brig}}, with most trains continuing from Brig to {{rws|Domodossola}}.
- daily service on weekends during the high season to {{rws|Biel/Bienne}} and Brig.
- Regio: rush hour service to {{rws|Spiez}}.
The station is also served by PostAuto bus service to Wengi, Reudlen and Reichenbach im Kandertal, Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus service to Kandergrund, Blausee, Mitholz and Kandersteg, and to Achseten and Adelboden.{{cite web | url = http://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/31.210.pdf | title = Spiez - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen (Linie 210) | language=de | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=20 January 2025 | access-date=26 January 2025}}{{cite web | url = https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/31.230.pdf | title = Adelboden - Frutigen - Kandersteg | language=de | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=23 October 2024 | access-date = 26 January 2025}}
The northern portal of the Lötschberg base tunnel lies immediately to the south of the station. Trains passing through the station are able to use either Lötschberg route, thanks to a grade-separated junction between the station and tunnel mouth. This junction also allows trains on the base tunnel route to bypass Frutigen station, using the Engstlige tunnel.
Whilst passenger trains on the base tunnel route can serve Frutigen station, only a few trains per day do so, with most stopping services operating via the old line.
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Frutigen railway station}}
- {{SBB web|7478|frutigen}}
{{Lötschberg railway line}}