Täsch railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Täsch, in the Cantons of Switzerland, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It forms part of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn, Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ), which connects the Auto-free zone, car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt railway station, Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp railway station, Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig railway station, Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG).
Since , the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
Due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their vehicles. For most of most days, this service operates at 20-minute intervals. The MGB also operates regional services between Zermatt and Brig via Täsch at hourly intervals.
[Swiss timetable 140.]
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, pass through Täsch, but do not stop there.
Services
The following services stop at Zermatt:
* Regio (Swiss railway train), Regio:
** half-hourly service between and , with every other train continuing from Visp to .
** shuttle service every twenty minutes to Zermatt.
See also
*Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
*BVZ Zermatt-Bahn, Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway
*Täsch
*Zermatt
*Matterhorn
References
Notes
Further reading
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External links
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Matterhorn Terminal AG - information about Zermatt shuttle trains
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations
Railway stations in the canton of Valais
Railway stations opened in 1891
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