Kandersteg railway station explained

Style:BLS
Kandersteg
Address:Bahnhofstrasse
Coordinates:46.4952°N 7.6715°W
Elevation:1176m (3,858feet)
Tracks:2 (for passenger use)
Connections:[1]
Parking:100
Accessible:No
Code:KA
Zone:833 (Libero)[2]
Passengers:1'200 per weekday[3]
Pass Year:2023
Pass System:BLS, SBB
Map Type:Switzerland#Canton of Bern
Map Size:300px

Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel.[4]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Kandersteg:[5] [6]

The station is also the northern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Goppenstein station via the Lötschberg tunnel, 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.[7]

The station is also served by Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus services to Mitholz, Blausee, Kandergrund and Frutigen, to Sunnbühl and Busbetrieb Kandersteg - Gasterntal bus services to Selden in the Gastertal.[8] [9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liniennetz Kander und Engstligental . de . 10 December 2023 . 6 April 2024 . Libero.
  2. Web site: Zonenplan Plan des Zones . Libero . 10 December 2023 . 6 April 2024 . de,fr.
  3. Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2023) . . Kandersteg, Switzerland . 2023 . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 23 June 2024.
  4. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2013-10-14.
  5. Web site: Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 4 October 2023 . 15 March 2024 . de,it.
  6. Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof Kandersteg . de . 10 December 2023 . 7 April 2024 . BLS AG.
  7. Web site: Autoverlad Lötschberg Kandersteg–Goppenstein . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 21 August 2023 . 15 March 2024 . de.
  8. Web site: Adelboden—Frutigen—Kandersteg. Bundesamt für Verkehr . 27 October 2023 . 15 March 2024 . de.
  9. Web site: Kandersteg – Selden . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 16 May 2024 . 23 June 2024 . de.
  10. Web site: Kandersteg Bahnhof - Talstat. Sunnbüel . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 27 October 2023 . 7 April 2024 . de.