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]
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]