Frutigen railway station

Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.^[4]

Frutigen
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Frutigen Switzerland
Coordinates	46°35′20″N 7°39′7″E
Elevation	779 m (2,556 ft)
Owned by	BLS AG
Line(s)	Lötschberg line
Platforms	3 1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	PostAuto bus service Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus services [1]
Construction
Parking	74
Other information
Station code	FR
Fare zone	831 (Libero)[2]
Passengers
2023	2'600 per weekday[3] (BLS, SBB)
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Reichenbach im Kandertal towards Bern RE1 Kandersteg towards Brig or Domodossola Reichenbach im Kandertal towards Biel/Bienne RE11 Weekends only Kandersteg towards Brig Reichenbach im Kandertal towards Spiez R12 Terminus
Location Frutigen Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Frutigen Frutigen (Canton of Bern) Show map of Canton of Bern

Services

The following services stop at Frutigen:^[5][6]

• RegioExpress:
  • hourly service to Bern and Brig, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.
  • daily service on weekends during the high season to Biel/Bienne and Brig.

• Regio: rush hour service to Spiez.

The station is also served by PostAuto bus service to Wengi, Reudlen and Reichenbach im Kandertal, Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus service to Kandergrund, Blausee, Mitholz and Kandersteg, and to Achseten and Adelboden.^[1][7][8]

The northern portal of the Lötschberg base tunnel lies immediately to the south of the station. Trains passing through the station are able to use either Lötschberg route, thanks to a grade-separated junction between the station and tunnel mouth. This junction also allows trains on the base tunnel route to bypass Frutigen station, using the Engstlige tunnel.^[4]

Whilst passenger trains on the base tunnel route can serve Frutigen station, only a few trains per day do so, with most stopping services operating via the old line.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Liniennetz Spiez" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
3. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Frutigen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
5. "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
6. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Frutigen" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
7. "Spiez–Reichenbach im Kandertal–Frutigen (Linie 210)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
8. "Adelboden-Frutigen-Kandersteg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

External links

• Media related to Frutigen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Frutigen railway station – SBB