Iselle di Trasquera railway station ( it, Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera) serves the village of Iselle and

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Trasquera Trasquera is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania, in the Val Divedro, on the border with Switzerland. Trasquera bord ...

, in the

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, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1906, the station is at the southern portal of the

Simplon tunnel , it, Galleria del Sempione , line = Simplon line, (Lötschberg railway line) , location = Traversing the Lepontine Alps between Switzerland and Italy , coordinates = – , system = Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF ...

, on the

Simplon line The Simplon Railway is a line that links Lausanne in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy, via Brig. The -long Simplon Tunnel (opened in 1906) is a major part of it. The line between Lausanne and Vallorbe is sometimes considered to form part of th ...

, between Brig, Switzerland and

Domodossola Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola ...

, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland. All rail services to and from the station are operated by BLS AG, a Swiss company.

Location

The station is situated at Via Stazione, immediately to the south of the southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, which passes underneath the border between Switzerland and Italy. The village of Iselle, which gave its name to the station, is about upstream on the river

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, towards the

Simplon Pass The Simplon Pass (french: Col du Simplon; german: Simplonpass; it, Passo del Sempione, Lombard: ''Pass del Sempiün'') () is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canto ...

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1906, upon the inauguration of the Brig–Domodossola railway, including the Simplon tunnel. A monument in memory of the deceased workers of the

Simplon Tunnel , it, Galleria del Sempione , line = Simplon line, (Lötschberg railway line) , location = Traversing the Lepontine Alps between Switzerland and Italy , coordinates = – , system = Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF ...

was erected on 29 May 1905. Until 1929, the station was the point where locomotives were exchanged at the head of trains, because the Brig–Iselle section was operated by electric traction while trains on the Iselle–Domodossola section were powered by steam locomotives.

Services

The following services stop at Iselle di Trasquera: *

RegioExpress RegioExpress (RE) is a fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as TILO, BLS, tpf, transN, THURBO or RhB). It is comparable to the Regional-Express in Germany ...

: service every two hours between and , increasing to hourly during rush-hour. * Seasonal

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to .

Gallery

File:Simplontunnel01.jpg, alt=Southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel., Southern portal of the

Simplon Sudportal.jpg, South portal at Iselle di Trasquera railway station. The picture was taken through a loophole of an old Italian

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. The bunkers weapons were directed to the tunnels south portal. Wasserkran Iselle.jpg, The Watercrane used to refill the steam locomotives till 1929 is still (2017) present. Denkmal Iselle.jpg, Monument in memory of the deceased workers of the

Autoverlad Isell.jpg, A car transport train arriving from Brig to Iselle di Trasquera

Notes

References

External links

* {{SBB web, 1952, iselle-di-trasquera Railway stations in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in Italy