The valley station is the lower terminal of an aerial lift, cable car, gondola lift, chairlift, rack railway or ski lift. The valley station is the counterpart of a top station. Cable cars may be boarded at both stations. The valley station is always at a lower elevation than the top station.
Valley stations on a cable car may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. They are oriented in the direction of the cables. Gondola lifts, by contrast always have horizontally-oriented valley stations.
| Name | Valley station: | Top station: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klewenalpbahn | Beckenried (420 m) | Klewenalp (1590 m) | |
| Titlisbahn | Engelberg (1000 m) | Titlis (3020 m) | |
| Säntisbahn | Schwägalp (1345 m) | Säntis (2503 m) | |
| Klein Matterhorn-Bahn | Zermatt (1619 m) | Klein Matterhorn (3885 m) | |
| Stockhornbahn | Erlenbach (720 m) | Stockhorn (2190 m) | |
| Weisshornbahn | Obersee Arosa (1750 m) | Weisshorn (2650 m) |