Goppenstein Railway Station
Goppenstein is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Ferden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel. It takes its name from the nearby hamlet of Goppenstein.
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Goppenstein:
- RegioExpress:
- hourly service to Bern and Brig, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.
- daily service on weekends during the high season to Biel/Bienne and Brig.
The station is also the southern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Kandersteg station via the Lötschberg tunnel, with trains running every 30 minutes. There is no road across the Lötschen Pass, under which the tunnel runs, and the nearest alternative road crossings lie many kilometres to the east and west.
A connecting PostAuto bus service runs through the Lötschental valley between Steg and Fafleralp. Up the valley towards Fafleralp this route runs hourly and serves the valley communities of Ferden, Kippel, Wiler and Blatten. Alternate buses continue down the valley to Gampel-Steg.
References
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 45,78. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
- ^ "Liniennetz Gampel Lötschental" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto AG. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Gampel-Steg - Goppenstein - Blatten (Lötschen) - Fafleralp" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Goppenstein, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ "Spiez - Lötschberg - Brig" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Goppenstein" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Autoverlad Lötschberg Kandersteg - Goppenstein" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
External links
- Media related to Goppenstein railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Goppenstein railway station – SBB
- BLS car transport service