Zermatt railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Zermatt, Switzerland}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

| name = Zermatt

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| image = Bahnhof Zermatt 11.04.2007.jpg

| alt = Four-story chalet-style building

| caption = The station building in 2007

| address = Bahnhofplatz

| borough = Zermatt

| country = Switzerland

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| owned = Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

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| line = Brig–Zermatt line

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| platforms = 6

| tracks = 6

| train_operators = Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

| connections = Local electric buses

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| accessible = Yes

| code = 8501689 (ZERM)

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| opened = {{Start date|1891|07|18|df=y}}

| electrified = {{Start date|1929|10|01|df=y}}

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| passengers = 5'500 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=Zermatt&refine.jahr_annee_anno=2023|title=Passagierfrequenz (2023) |publisher=SBB CFF FFS |location=Zermatt, Switzerland |date=2023 |via=data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL |access-date=8 October 2024}}

| pass_year = 2023

| pass_system = MGB

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Glacier Express

|line1=Glacier Express|right1=Brig Bahnhofplatz

|system11=Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

|line11=RE 41|right11=Täsch

|line12=RE 42|right12=Täsch

|line13=R 40|right13=Täsch

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Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG). Since {{Start date|2003|01|01|df=y}}, the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO). The station is across the street from Zermatt GGB railway station, the valley terminus of the Gornergrat Railway.

Overview

Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, either originate from, or terminate at, Zermatt station. The MGB also operates regional services to Brig at half-hourly intervals.

Additionally, due to Zermatt's car-free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and nearby Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park. For the better part of most days, this service operates at 20-minute intervals; it takes 12 minutes.{{cite web|title=Zermatt Shuttle|url=https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/products/zermatt-shuttle|work= Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn |publisher=Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn|access-date=8 October 2024}}

Services

{{As of|alt=As of the December 2023 timetable change|2023|12|post=,}} the following services stop at Zermatt:{{cite web | title=Brig - Visp - Zermatt | url=https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2024/pdf/140.pdf | date=27 September 2023 | language=de | access-date=8 October 2024 | publisher=öv-info.ch}}{{cite web | title=Täsch - Zermatt (Shuttle-Züge mit Gepäck-Trolley) | url=https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2024/pdf/141.pdf | date=27 September 2023 | language=de | access-date=8 October 2024 | publisher=öv-info.ch}}{{cite web | title=Glacier Express Zermatt - Brig - Andermatt - Disentis/Mustér-Chur - St. Moritz | url=https://www.oev-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2024/pdf/144.pdf | date=2 November 2023 | language=de | access-date=8 October 2024 | publisher=öv-info.ch}}

  • Glacier Express: one or more trains per day, depending on the season, to {{rws|St. Moritz}} or {{rws|Chur}}.
  • RegioExpress: half-hourly service to {{rws|Visp}}, with every other train continuing to {{rws|Fiesch}}.
  • Regio: shuttle service every twenty minutes to {{rws|Täsch}}.

Gallery

File:Bahnhof Zermatt 1900.jpg|Zermatt railway station, ca 1900.

File:Glacier-Express-label.JPG|Glacier Express welcome sign.

File:Bahnhof Zermatt 2005.jpg|The station concourse.

File:MGB HGe 44 102 Zermatt 02.08.2006.JPG|HGe 4/4 II No. 102 and Tm 74.

See also

References

Further reading

  • {{cite book | last1 = Moser | first1 = Beat | last2 = Jossi | first2 = Urs | title = MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | volume = 1 | publisher = Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH) | year = 2006 | location = Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | isbn = 3-89610-157-9|language=de}}