Realp railway station
Metre gauge station in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland
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Realp railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Realp, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is close to the eastern portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which connects Brig in Valais, via Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003, the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).
Realp
Switzerland
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Realp with its station in the centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse 2 Realp Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°35′55″N 8°30′12″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,537.7 m (5,045 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Furka Oberalp line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Local buses | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 July 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Not far from Realp station is another railway station, Realp DFB, which serves the Furka Steam Railway, a heritage railway operating in summer over the part of the FO that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.
Services
The following services stop at Realp:[1][2]
- Regio: hourly service between Visp and Andermatt.
- Frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel to Oberwald.
The long-distance Glacier Express passes through Realp without stopping; the Glacier Express ceased stopping at Realp in late 2015.[3]
station building
station ca. 1981
