Täsch railway station
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Täsch railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the municipality of Täsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It forms part of the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ), which connects the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG).
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Location | Neue Kantonsstrasse Täsch Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°04′00″N 07°46′29″E | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1,437.6 m (4,717 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Brig–Zermatt line | ||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 July 1891 (1891-07-18) | ||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1 October 1929 (1929-10-01) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
Due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their vehicles. For most of most days, this service operates at 20-minute intervals. The MGB also operates regional services between Zermatt and Brig via Täsch at hourly intervals.[1]
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, pass through Täsch, but do not stop there.