Realp railway station
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Realp
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Realp with its station in the centre
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse 2 6491 Realp Uri Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°35′56″N 08°30′14″E / 46.59889°N 8.50389°ECoordinates: 46°35′56″N 08°30′14″E / 46.59889°N 8.50389°E |
| Elevation | 1,537.7 m (5,045 ft) |
| Operated by |
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (nearby) |
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Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway(nearby) |
| Distance | 59.39 km (36.90 mi) from Brig |
| Connections | Local buses |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 July 1926 |
| Electrified | 1 July 1942 |
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 Realp
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Realp railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Realp, in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is close to the eastern portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003, the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).
Not far from Realp station is another railway station, Realp DFB, which serves the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway, a heritage railway operating in summer over the part of the FO that was replaced by the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982.
The MGB operates daily regional services from Visp via Brig and Realp to Andermatt and beyond, at hourly intervals.
Additionally, the MGB operates frequent car shuttle trains through the Furka Base Tunnel between Realp and Oberwald in Valais.
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, pass through Realp without stopping, on their journey between Zermatt and either St.Moritz or Davos Platz.
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