Iselle di Trasquera railway station

Iselle di Trasquera
Iselle di Trasquera
	SBB train at the station in 2008
General information
Location	Trasquera ; Italy
Coordinates	46°12′25.243″N8°12′25.398″E / 46.20701194°N 8.20705500°E
Elevation	628 m (2,060 ft)
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Simplon line
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	Local buses
History
Opened	14 June 1906
Services
Location
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Last updated June 15, 2023

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. 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 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.^[1]

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:^[2]^[3]

RegioExpress: service every two hours between Bern and Domodossola, increasing to hourly during rush-hour.
Seasonal car shuttle train to Brig.

Gallery

Southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel
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.
The Watercrane used to refill the steam locomotives till 1929 is still (2017) present.
Monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel
A car transport train arriving from Brig to Iselle di Trasquera

Notes

↑ 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)
↑ "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
↑ "Autoverlad Simplon Brig - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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References

Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse[Railway Atlas Switzerland]. Aachen: Schweers + Wall. 2004. ISBN 3-89494-122-7.(in German, French, Italian, and English)

External links

Iselle di Trasquera railway station – SBB

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[trenidicarta.it-1] 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)

[fpf145-2] "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[fpf1981-3] "Autoverlad Simplon Brig - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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