Iselle di Trasquera railway station

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Iselle di Trasquera
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The station platforms in 2016
General information
Location Trasquera
Italy
Coordinates 46°12′25.243″N8°12′25.398″E / 46.20701194°N 8.20705500°E / 46.20701194; 8.20705500
Elevation629 m (2,064 ft)
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s) Simplon line
Distance18.8 km (11.7 mi) from Domodossola [1]
Platforms2
Train operators BLS AG
ConnectionsLocal buses
Construction
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code8501952 (IS)
History
Opened14 June 1906 (1906-06-14)
Services
Preceding station BLS AG logo.svg BLS Following station
Brig
towards Bern
RE1
Varzo
towards Domodossola
Brig
towards Visp
RE2
Domodossola
One-way operation
Location
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Iselle di Trasquera
Location within Piedmont
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Iselle di Trasquera
Iselle di Trasquera (Northern Italy)
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Iselle di Trasquera
Iselle di Trasquera (Italy)

Iselle di Trasquera railway station (Italian : 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 Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland. [1] All rail services to and from the station are operated by BLS AG, a Swiss company.

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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 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream on the river Diveria, towards the Simplon Pass.

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1906, upon the inauguration of the Brig–Domodossola railway, including the Simplon tunnel. [2]

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: [3] [4] [5] [6]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. pp. 46, 57. ISBN   978-3-8446-6441-6.
  2. ↑ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011.{{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German and Italian). öv-info.ch. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Autoverlad Kandersteg - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Autoverlad Simplon Brig - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Partenza: Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in Italian). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

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