Operated by SBB-CFF-FFS Opened 14 June 1906 | Train operators SBB-CFF-FFS | |
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Province Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Similar Simplon Tunnel, Simplon Pass, Alps, La Vera Grotta di Babbo N, Lötschberg | ||
Iselle di Trasquera railway station (Italian: Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera) serves the village of Iselle and comune of Trasquera, in the region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1906, the station is at the southern portal of the Simplon tunnel, on the Brig–Domodossola railway, between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland.
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Under an agreement between Italy and Switzerland, the station is managed, and all train services are operated, by SBB-CFF-FFS.
Location
The station is situated at Via Stazione, immediately to the south of the southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, which passes underneath the border between Switzerland and Italy.
The village of Iselle, which gave its name to the station, is about 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream on the river Diveria, towards the Simplon Pass.
History
The station was opened on 1 June 1906, upon the inauguration of the Brig–Domodossola railway, including the Simplon tunnel.
Until 1929, the station was the point where locomotives were exchanged at the head of trains, because the Brig–Iselle section was operated by electric traction while trains on the Iselle–Domodossola section were powered by steam locomotives.
Features
The passenger building is a two-storey structure made of stone and painted cream.
The station yard includes a loading and unloading point for car shuttle trains to and from Brig.
Train movements
There is considerable transit traffic of both passengers and goods through the station.
All trains operating through the station are powered by electricity, supplied in accordance with the Swiss electrification system (15kV AC 16 2/3 Hz).