Martigny railway station

Martigny railway station (French: Gare de Martigny, German: Bahnhof Martigny) is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively.^[1]

Martigny
The station platform in 2011
General information
Location	Martigny Switzerland
Coordinates	46°6′20.992″N 7°4′44.846″E
Elevation	466 m (1,529 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Martigny–Châtelard line Martigny–Orsières line Simplon line
Distance	66.5 km (41.3 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	4 2 bay platforms 1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways Transports de Martigny et Régions
Connections	Transports de Martigny et Régions bus lines CarPostal SA bus lines[2]
Construction
Parking	36
Accessible	Partly
Other information
Station code	8501500 (MA)
Passengers
2023	10'800 per weekday[3] (RegionAlps, SBB (excludes TMR))
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station St-Maurice towards Geneva Airport IR 90 Sion towards Brig Aigle towards Geneva Airport Bex One-way operation VosAlpes Express Martigny-Bourg towards Le Châble VS Preceding station Transports de Martigny et Régions Following station Les Fumeaux towards Vallorcine Regio Mont-Blanc Express Terminus Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Vernayaz towards Monthey or St-Gingolph R91 Charrat-Fully towards Brig Terminus R81 Martigny-Bourg towards Le Châble VS Sembrancher towards Le Châble VS
Location

The station has five tracks. Three tracks are located on the Simplon line, served by a side platform and island platform. There is a bay platform on each end of the station, serving the Martigny–Châtelard and Martigny–Orsières lines.^[4]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Martigny:^[5][6][7][8]

• InterRegio: half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
• VosAlpes Express: daily direct service to Le Châble VS on weekends between December and April.
• Regio:
  • half-hourly service between Monthey and Brig, with every other train continuing from Monthey to St-Gingolph.
  • hourly or half-hourly service to Le Châble VS.
  • Mont-Blanc Express: hourly service to Vallorcine, in France.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Réseau de lignes Martigny / Vallée du Trient" (PDF) (in French). PostBus Switzerland. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
3. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Martigny, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
4. "Martigny" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
5. "Lausanne - Sion - Brig (RER Vaud, Lignes R1, R2, R3, R4)" (PDF) (in French). öv-info.ch. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
6. "Martigny - Le Châtelard-Frontière - Vallorcine - Chamonix - St-Gervais" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
7. "Martigny - Sembrancher - Le Châble (Verbier) / Sembrancher - Orsières" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
8. "Départ: Gare de Martigny" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to Martigny railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Martigny railway station – SBB
• Martigny railway station – RegionAlps (in French)