Stalden-Saas railway station explained

Style:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Stalden-Saas
Borough:Stalden
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Line:Brig–Zermatt line
Distance:27.72km (17.22miles) from
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Train Operators:Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Connections:PostAuto AG buses[1]
Accessible:Partly
Code:8501683 (STAS)
Passengers:860 per weekday[2]
Pass Year:2023
Pass System:MGB
Mapframe:yes

Stalden-Saas railway station (de|Bahnhof Stalden-Saas, fr|Gare de Stalden-Saas) is a railway station in the municipality of Stalden, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.

Services

the following services stop at Stalden-Saas:[3]

Film

Stalden-Saas railway station appears in the 1979 Charles Bronson action film Love and Bullets. Bronson (as character Charlie Congers) and Jill Ireland (Jackie Pruit) disembark from a train and begin driving toward Kandersteg from the station carpark.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liniennetz Grächen / St. Niklaus . de . 10 December 2023 . 7 October 2024 . PostBus Switzerland.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2023) . . Stalden, Switzerland . 2023 . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 7 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Brig - Visp - Zermatt . 27 September 2023 . de . 7 October 2024 . öv-info.ch.