Stalden-Saas railway station

Railway station in Stalden, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Stalden-Saas railway station (German: Bahnhof Stalden-Saas, French: Gare de Stalden-Saas) is a railway station in the municipality of Stalden, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.

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Stalden-Saas
Three-story building with gabled roof; city visible behind
The station building and platforms in 2020
General information
LocationStalden
Switzerland
Coordinates46°13′55″N 7°52′16″E
Elevation800 m (2,600 ft)
Owned byMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line(s)Brig–Zermatt line
Distance27.72 km (17.22 mi) from Zermatt
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn
ConnectionsPostAuto AG buses[1]
Construction
AccessiblePartly
Other information
Station code8501683 (STAS)
Passengers
2023860 per weekday[2] (MGB)
Services
Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station
Kalpetran
towards Zermatt
RE 41 Visp
Terminus
RE 42 Visp
towards Fiesch
Location
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Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Stalden-Saas:[3]

Film

Stalden-Saas railway station appears in the 1979 Charles Bronson action film Love and Bullets. Bronson (as character Charlie Congers) and Jill Ireland (Jackie Pruit) disembark from a train and begin driving toward Kandersteg from the station carpark.

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