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Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.[1]

Frutigen
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Frutigen Switzerland
Coordinates	46°35′20″N 7°39′7″E
Elevation	779 m (2,556 ft)
Owned by	BLS AG
Line(s)	Lötschberg line
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	PostAuto bus services
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Reichenbach im Kandertal towards Bern RegioExpress Lötschberger Kandersteg towards Domodossola
Location
Frutigen Location within Switzerland

Services

The following services stop at Frutigen:[2]

• RegioExpress: hourly service to Bern and Brig, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.

The station is also served by PostAuto bus services to Wengi, Reudlen and Reichenbach im Kandertal, to Kandergrund, Blausee, Mitholz and Kandersteg, and to Achseten and Adelboden.[3][4]

The northern portal of the Lötschberg base tunnel lies immediately to the south of the station. Trains passing through the station are able to use either Lötschberg route, thanks to a grade-separated junction between the station and tunnel mouth. This junction also allows trains on the base tunnel route to bypass Frutigen station, using the Engstlige tunnel.[1]

Whilst passenger trains on the base tunnel route can serve Frutigen station, only one train per day does so, with most stopping services operating via the old line.[1][2]

References

External links

• Media related to Frutigen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Frutigen railway station – SBB

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