Furka DFB Railway Station
In 1982, the original portion of the FO between Oberwald in Valais and Realp in Uri, including the Furka railway station, was replaced by an FO line passing through the then new Furka Base Tunnel. The superseded portion of the FO line was abandoned.
Since 11 July 1992heritage railway operated by the Furka Steam Railway (DFB). On 30 July 1993 , the DFB was extended from its then temporary terminus at Tiefenbach to Furka via the Steinstafel Viaduct, and the station at Furka was reopened. The station building, reconstructed for the reopening, houses a small restaurant, public conveniences, and a modern block system to control safeworking in the Summit Tunnel.
, the abandoned portion of the FO line has been progressively reopened from Realp, as aOn 14 July 2000Gletsch, via the Furka Summit Tunnel.
, the DFB was extended further, from Furka toFurka is the summit of the DFB line, as well as the highest railway station in the canton of Uri. As a general rule, DFB steam locomotives travel downhill with the driving cab facing in the direction of travel, to optimise water levels in the locomotives' boilers. A DFB steam locomotive operating a train between Realp and Gletsch therefore usually needs to be turned on Furka's restored turntable, in preparation for its descent.
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station building (2021)
See also
- Tiefenbach halting point, Switzerland
- Furka Summit Tunnel
- Furka Base Tunnel
- Furka Oberalp Bahn
- Furka Steam Railway
- List of highest railway stations in Switzerland
References
- von Arx, Johannes (2000). Furka-Bergstrecke; Abenteuer Furka (in German). Oberwald, Switzerland: Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke.
- 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.
- Moser, Beat; Krebs, Peter (2010). Erlebnis Furka-Bergstrecke / Aventure Ligne sommitale de la Furka. Zürich: AS-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-909111-71-8. (in German and French)
- "Official timetable of Switzerland". Bundesamt für Verkehr. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2010-07-20. (in English)