Kandersteg railway station

Kandersteg
Location Bahnhofstrasse,
Kandersteg,
Canton of Bern,
Switzerland
Coordinates 46°29′43″N 7°40′17″E / 46.495187°N 7.671483°E / 46.495187; 7.671483Coordinates: 46°29′43″N 7°40′17″E / 46.495187°N 7.671483°E / 46.495187; 7.671483
Elevation 1,176 m (3,858 ft)
Owned by BLS AG
Operated by BLS AG
Line(s) Lötschberg line
Connections PostAuto bus services
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
toward Bern
BLS
toward Brig
Location
Kandersteg railway station (Switzerland)

Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel.[1]

The station is served by the following passenger train:[2]

Operator Train Type Route Typical
Frequency		 Notes
BLS RegioExpress
Lötschberger		 Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig 1 per hour

The station is also the northern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Goppenstein 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.[3]

The station is also served by PostAuto bus services to Mitholz, Blausee, Kandergrund and Frutigen and to Selden in the Gastertal.[4][5]

The station from the street 
Unloading the car shuttle 

References

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Lötschberg Kandersteg–Goppenstein" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. ↑ "Adelboden-–Frutigen-–Kandersteg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23. C1 control character in |title= at position 11 (help)
  5. ↑ "Kandersteg–Selden" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
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