Visp railway station

Visp
Four-story boxy glass building
The new station building from the street.
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 2
Visp
Switzerland
Coordinates46°17′38″N 07°52′53″E / 46.29389°N 7.88139°E / 46.29389; 7.88139
Elevation650 m (2,130 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance35.08 km (21.80 mi) from Zermatt
Platforms4
Tracks
Train operators
Connections
[1]
Construction
Parking162
Bicycle facilities277
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code8501605 (VI)
History
Electrified1 October 1929 (1929-10-01) (BVZ)
Passengers
202325'300 per weekday[2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Rank30 out of 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Spiez
towards Basel SBB
EuroCity Brig
IC 6 Brig
Terminus
Spiez
towards Romanshorn
IC 8
Leuk IR 90
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Terminus R 43 Eyholz
towards Andermatt
Stalden-Saas
towards Zermatt
RE 42 Eyholz
towards Fiesch
RE 41 Terminus
Preceding station RegionAlps Following station
Raron
towards St-Gingolph
R91 Brig
Terminus
Preceding station BLS Following station
Terminus RE2 Brig
One-way operation
Location
Visp is located in Switzerland
Visp
Visp
Location within Switzerland

Visp railway station is a junction station at Visp (French: Viège), in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a modern station building completed in 2007, and is served by two standard gauge lines and a metre gauge line.

Visp station is now the busiest railway station in Valais.[citation needed]

Every day, about 230 trains stop at Visp,[citation needed] and approximately 18,400 passengers use the station, mostly for changing to and from trains calling at Sion[citation needed].

  1. ^ "Liniennetz Visp und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto AG. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Visp, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.

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