Fiesch railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Fiesch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).

Fiesch
The new railway station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Fiesch Switzerland
Coordinates	46°24′11.27″N 8°7′57.51″E
Elevation	1,062.2 m (3,485 ft)
Owned by	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)	Furka Oberalp line
Train operators	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Connections	Postauto and local buses
History
Opened	1 July 1914 (1914-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station Fiesch Feriendorf towards Visp Regio Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation towards Andermatt Fiesch Feriendorf towards Zermatt Terminus
Location
Fiesch Location within Switzerland

The railway station was completeley renewed in 2019. It now includes the lower end of the Fiesch - Fiescheralp gondola, further connected to the Eggishorn.[1]

Services

The following services stop at Fiesch:[2]

• Regio:
  • hourly service to Zermatt.
  • hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.

The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Fiesch without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Fiesch in late 2018.[3]

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  Station building and lower station of the aerial lift (Luftseilbahn Fiesch-Eggishorn), in 2019
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  Station building at the pre-2019 location (2003)
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  Station building (1962)

References

Further reading

• Moser, Beat; Börret, Ralph; Küstner, Thomas (2005). Glacier Express: Von St. Moritz nach Zermatt (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 3-89610-057-2.
• Moser, Beat; Jossi, Urs (2007). MGB Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (in German). Vol. 2. Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany: Eisenbahn-Journal (Verlagsgruppe Bahn GmbH). ISBN 978-3-89610-175-4.
• "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. (in English)

External links

• Media related to Fiesch railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

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