Brig railway station

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Brig
Brig railway station.jpg
The station building in 2017
General information
LocationBahnhof 1
Brig
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°19′10″N07°59′17″E / 46.31944°N 7.98806°E / 46.31944; 7.98806
Elevation677 m (2,221 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
[1]
Construction
Parking55
Other information
Station code8501609 (BR)
History
Opened18 June 1878 (1878-06-18)
Passengers
202320'700 per weekday [2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station SBB logo simplified.svg Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Visp
towards Basel SBB
EuroCity Domodossola
Sion
Visp
towards Basel SBB
IC 6 Terminus
Visp
towards Romanshorn
IC 8
Visp IR 90
Terminus IR Domodossola
Terminus
Preceding station BLS AG logo.svg BLS Following station
Lalden
towards Bern
RE1 Terminus
Eggerberg
towards Bern
RE1
Iselle di Trasquera
towards Domodossola
Eggerberg
towards Biel/Bienne
RE11
Weekends only
Terminus
Terminus RE2 Domodossola
Terminus
Visp
Terminus
RE2
Domodossola
One-way operation
Terminus RE2 Iselle di Trasquera
towards Domodossola
Preceding station RegionAlps Following station
Visp
towards St-Gingolph
R91 Terminus
Location
Switzerland adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Brig
Location within Switzerland
Reliefkarte Wallis blank.png
Red pog.svg
Brig
Brig (Canton of Valais)
Brig railway station Brig Glis railway station.jpg
Brig railway station

Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines. Another two metre gauge lines serve the physically adjacent Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station.

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History

Railway station in Brig-Glis Brig Glis railway station 150622 3.jpg
Railway station in Brig-Glis

Service to Brig began on 18 June 1878; it was at that time the eastern terminus of the Simplon Railway. [3] The opening of the Simplon Tunnel in 1906 extended the Simplon Railway southeast to Domodossola, in Italy.

Brig's other standard gauge line, the Lötschberg railway line, opened in 1913. It links Bern with Brig via the Lötschberg Pass, including the Lötschberg Tunnel. In 2007, this line was largely supplanted by the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), [4] connecting (Bern and) Spiez with Visp, near Brig, via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. Trains travelling along the NRLA line to Visp usually then continue on to Brig via the Simplon line.

Services

The following services stop at Brig: [5]

See also

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References

  1. "Liniennetz Brig und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Brig, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. Stockmar, Joseph (1920). Histoire du chemin de fer du Simplon (PDF) (in French). Librairie Payot & Cie, Lausanne und Genf. p. 29. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. Swiss timetable 300.
  5. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Brig" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

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