Lalden railway station

Lalden is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Lalden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG. The station lies some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the village centre of Lalden, and is about 150 metres (490 ft) higher.[1] The station is closed until 2022 because of track work on the railway line.[2]

Lalden
The station building in 2018
Location	Lalden, Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°18′05″N 7°54′31″E
Elevation	801 m (2,628 ft)
Owned by	BLS AG
Operated by	BLS AG
Line(s)	Lötschberg line
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Eggerberg towards Bern RegioExpress Lötschberger Brig towards Domodossola
Location
Lalden Location in Switzerland

The station is served by the following passenger train:[3]

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

Lalden station is an intermediate point of the Lötschberg South Ramp walking trail, which parallels the south ramp of the Lötschberg railway as it descends the northern flank of the Rhone valley into Brig. The walk covers the 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Hohtenn station to Brig, passing by the stations of Ausserberg, Eggerberg and Lalden on the way, and offering views south over the Rhone valley.[4][5]

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
2. "Fahrplananpassung regionalen Bahnverkehr am Lötschberg". BLS AG (in German). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
4. "Southern Lötschberg ramp - The classic hike". BLS AG. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
5. "Loetschberger-Suedrampe". BLS AG. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-16.

External links

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