Iselle di Trasquera railway station
{{Short description|Piedmontese train stop}}
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| alt = Station platforms in front of yellow two-story building with hip roof
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| borough = Trasquera
| country = Italy
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| owned = Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
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| line = Simplon line
| distance = {{convert|18.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{rws|Domodossola}}
| platforms = 2
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| train_operators = BLS AG
| connections = Local buses
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| accessible = No
| code = 8501952 (IS)
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| opened = {{Start date|1906|06|14|df=y}}
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Iselle di Trasquera railway station ({{langx|it|Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera}}) serves the village of Iselle and municipality of Trasquera, in the region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1906, the station is at the southern portal of the Simplon tunnel, on the Simplon line, between {{rws|Brig}}, Switzerland and {{rws|Domodossola}}, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland.{{Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz 2024|pages=46, 57}} All rail services to and from the station are operated by BLS AG, a Swiss company.
Location
The station is situated at Via Stazione, immediately to the south of the southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, which passes underneath the border between Switzerland and Italy.
The village of Iselle, which gave its name to the station, is about {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} upstream on the river Diveria, towards the Simplon Pass.
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History
The station was opened on 1 June 1906, upon the inauguration of the Brig–Domodossola railway, including the Simplon tunnel.{{cite web|author=Alessandro Tuzza |url=http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html |title=Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 |trans-title=Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926 |website=Trenidicarta.it|publisher=Alessandro Tuzza |access-date=13 February 2011 |language=it |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624234931/http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html |archive-date=24 June 2009 }}
A monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel was erected on 29 May 1905.
Until 1929, the station was the point where locomotives were exchanged at the head of trains, because the Brig–Iselle section was operated by electric traction while trains on the Iselle–Domodossola section were powered by steam locomotives.
Services
The following services stop at Iselle di Trasquera:{{cite web | url = https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/145.pdf | title = Brig - Domodossola | language=de,it | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=11 December 2024 | access-date = 28 January 2025}}{{cite web | url = https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/1975.pdf | title = Autoverlad Kandersteg - Iselle (I) | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=6 August 2024 | access-date=28 January 2025 | language=de}}{{cite web | url = https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2025/pdf/1981.pdf | title = Autoverlad Simplon Brig - Iselle (I) | language=de | publisher = öv-info.ch | date=25 September 2024 | access-date =28 January 2025}}{{cite web | title=Partenza: Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera | language=it | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=28 January 2025 | url=https://www.sbb.ch/content/dam/internet/sbb/downloads/multi/reiseinformationen/bahnverkehrsinformation/pdf-fahrplaene/abfahrtsplakate/2025/abfahrtstabellen/IS_241215_ab_1952.pdf.sbbdownload.pdf | work=Swiss Federal Railways}}
- RegioExpress: service every two hours between {{rws|Bern}} and {{rws|Domodossola}}, increasing to hourly during rush-hour.
- Seasonal car shuttle train to {{rws|Brig}}.
Gallery
File:Simplontunnel01.jpg|alt=Southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel.|Southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel
Simplon Sudportal.jpg|South portal at Iselle di Trasquera railway station. The picture was taken through a loophole of an old Italian World War II bunker. The bunkers weapons were directed to the tunnels south portal.
Wasserkran Iselle.jpg|The Watercrane used to refill the steam locomotives till 1929 is still (2017) present.
Denkmal Iselle.jpg|Monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel
Autoverlad Isell.jpg|A car transport train arriving from Brig to Iselle di Trasquera
See also
{{portal|Trains|Architecture|Italy}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse |trans-title=Railway Atlas Switzerland |year=2004 |publisher=Schweers + Wall |location=Aachen |isbn=3-89494-122-7 }} {{in lang|de|fr|it|en}}
External links
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- {{SBB web|1952|iselle-di-trasquera}}
- [https://www.bls.ch/en/fahren/autoverlad BLS car transport service]
Category:Railway stations in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola