Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station

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.

Brig Bahnhofplatz
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn trains at the station in 2018
General information
Location	Brig-Glis Switzerland
Coordinates	46°19′8″N 7°59′10″E
Elevation	672 m (2,205 ft)
Owned by	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)	Brig–Zermatt line Furka Oberalp Railway
Platforms	3 1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	4
Train operators	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Connections	PostAuto AG buses Local buses [1]
Construction
Parking	55
Bicycle facilities	330
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	8515296 (BRMG)
Passengers
2023	20'700 per weekday[2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Glacier Express Following station Zermatt Terminus Glacier Express Andermatt towards St. Moritz Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station Eyholz towards Zermatt RE 42 Bitsch towards Fiesch Eyholz towards Visp R 43 Bitsch towards Andermatt
Location

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.

References

1. "Liniennetz Brig und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
2. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Brig, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
3. "Visp - Brig - Oberwald - Andermatt - Göschenen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
4. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Brig" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station at Wikimedia Commons