Lax railway station
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Location | Lax Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°23′13″N 8°7′1″E / 46.38694°N 8.11694°E | |||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1,045 m (3,428 ft) | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Furka Oberalp line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 14.8 kilometres (9.2 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||
Connections | PostAuto AG bus line[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8501673 (LAX) | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | 290 per weekday[2] (MGB) | |||||||||||||||
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Lax railway station (German: Bahnhof Lax) is a railway station in the municipality of Lax, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Lax:[3]
- Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
- RegioExpress: hourly service between Zermatt and Fiesch.
References
[edit]- ^ "Liniennetz Fiesch und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Lax, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Lax railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Lax railway station – SBB