Kandersteg railway station

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.[1]

Kandersteg
Location	Bahnhofstrasse, Kandersteg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates	46.495187°N 7.671483°E
Elevation	1,176 m (3,858 ft)
Owned by	BLS AG
Operated by	BLS AG
Line(s)	Lötschberg line
Connections	PostAuto bus services
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Frutigen towards Bern RegioExpress Lötschberger Goppenstein towards Domodossola
Location
Kandersteg Location in Switzerland

The station is served by the following passenger train:[2]

Operator	Train Type	Route	Typical Frequency	Notes
BLS	RegioExpress Lötschberger	Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig	1 per hour

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.[3]

The station is also served by PostAuto bus services to Mitholz, Blausee, Kandergrund and Frutigen and to Selden in the Gastertal.[4][5]

Gallery

• 
  The station from the street
• 
  Unloading the car shuttle

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
2. "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
3. "Lötschberg Kandersteg–Goppenstein" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
4. "Adelboden—Frutigen—Kandersteg" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
5. "Kandersteg–Selden" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

External links

• Media related to Kandersteg railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Kandersteg railway station – SBB