Elevation 1,365.9 m (4,481 ft) | Opened 1 July 1914 | |
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Location Furkastrasse3999 ObergomsGoms, ValaisSwitzerland Operated by Matterhorn Gotthard BahnFurka Cogwheel Steam Railway Line(s) Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO)Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway Connections Postauto and local buses Similar Meiringen railway station, Andermatt railway station, Furka Base Tunnel, Alps, Muttbach‑Belvédère Station | ||
The oberwald railway station of the furka cogwheel steam railway
Oberwald railway station is a railway station serving the village of Oberwald, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station is close to the western portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via the base tunnel and Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), 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).
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At ceremony held on 12 August 2010, Oberwald station also became a station on the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (DFB), a heritage railway operating in summer over the FO section that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982. The portion of the DFB between Oberwald and Gletsch was formally reopened that day, following the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on 18 June 2010 to mark the physical reconnection of that portion of the line. Scheduled DFB services commenced on 13 August 2010.
Rail services to Oberwald
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, call at Oberwald, on their journey between Zermatt and either St.Moritz or Davos Platz.
The MGB also operates regional services from Visp via Brig and Oberwald to Andermatt and beyond, at hourly intervals.
Additionally, the MGB operates frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Oberwald and Realp in Uri.
DFB heritage train services operate only between June and October.
Construction of the proposed Grimsel Tunnel would provide a fourth metre gauge railway link northwards under the Grimsel Pass towards Meiringen railway station.