Goppenstein is a

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in the

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canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the Sw ...

and municipality of Ferden. The station is located on the

Lötschberg line The Lötschberg is an Alpine mountain massif and usually associated with a major, historically important transit axis of the Alps in Switzerland with, at its core, the Lötschen Pass (german: Lötschenpass, Swiss German: ''Lötschepass''). The m ...

of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the

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. It takes its name from the nearby hamlet of

Goppenstein Goppenstein (1,216 m) is a Swiss hamlet in the canton of Valais, located in the lower Lötschental and traversed by the Lonza river. It belongs to the municipality of Ferden. Goppenstein is mainly known for its railway station on the Lötschberg ...

. The station is served by the following passenger train: The station is also the southern terminus of the BLS

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to Kandersteg station via the

, with trains running every 30 minutes. There is no road across the Lötschen Pass, under which the tunnel runs, and the nearest alternative road crossings lie many kilometres to the east and west. A connecting

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bus service runs through the

Lötschental The Lötschental is the largest valley on the northern side of the Rhône valley in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies in the Bernese Alps, with the Lonza running down the length of the valley from its source within the Langgletscher ...

valley between

Steg The Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (German: ''k. k. privilegierte österreichische Staatseisenbahn-Gesellschaft''), from 1 January 1883 the Privileged Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company (''privilegierte österreic ...

and Fafleralp. Up the valley towards Fafleralp this route runs hourly and serves the valley communities of

Ferden Ferden is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Ferden itself, the municipality includes the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen. History ...

Kippel Kippel is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Kippel is first mentioned in 1437 as ''Kypil''. Geography Kippel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ...

Wiler Wiler (Lötschen) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Geography Wiler has an area, , of . Of this area, or 19.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of ...

and Blatten. Alternate buses continue down the valley to Steg.

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* * {{Lötschberg railway line Railway stations in the canton of Valais BLS railway stations