Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station
Railway station in Brig-Glis in the Swiss canton of Valais
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Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station (German: Bahnhof Brig Bahnhofplatz) is a railway station in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the meeting point of two 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn and the Furka Oberalp Railway. Services at the station include the famed Glacier Express. The station is physically adjacent to the standard gauge Brig railway station, served by BLS AG and Swiss Federal Railways.
LocationBrig-Glis
Switzerland
Switzerland
Coordinates46°19′08″N 7°59′10″E
Elevation672 m (2,205 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
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| Location | Brig-Glis Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°19′08″N 7°59′10″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 672 m (2,205 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | 330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8515296 (BRMG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 20'700 per weekday[2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Brig Bahnhofplatz:[3][4]
- Glacier Express: one or more trains per day, depending on the season, between Zermatt and St. Moritz or Chur.
- Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
- RegioExpress: hourly service between Zermatt and Fiesch.
