Realp DFB railway station (german: Bahnhof Realp DFB) is a railway station in the municipality of
Realp
Realp (archaic : ''Frialp'') is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
History
Realp is first mentioned in 1363 as ''Riealb''.
Geography
Realp has an area, , of . Of this area, 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.3% i ...
, in the
Swiss
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canton
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Uri Uri may refer to:
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. It is the eastern terminus of the
Furka Steam Railway
The Furka Steam Railway (german: Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (DFB)) is a largely volunteer-operated heritage railway which operates a partially rack and pinion-operated line across the Furka Pass, between Realp in Canton of Uri, Uri and Oberwald ...
, a heritage railway that operates over the Furka Pass route. Regular service through the
Furka Base Tunnel
The Furka Base Tunnel is a Swiss railway base tunnel on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn's Furka–Oberalp line, an east-west railway connecting the cantons of Valais and Uri. Its west portal lies east of Oberwald (VS), at above sea level and its ...
uses
Realp railway station
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 V ...
, roughly to the north.
History
Following the opening of the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982, the original FO line over the Furka Pass between Realp and Oberwald was abandoned. However, that line has been progressively reopened since 1992, as a heritage railway operated by the DFB.
The first portion to be reopened was the section between Realp and Tiefenbach, which has been operational once again since , with its Realp terminus being at Realp DFB. On , the DFB was extended from its then temporary terminus at Tiefenbach to
Furka. It has since been further extended, through the
Furka Summit Tunnel
The Furka Summit Tunnel (german: Furka-Scheiteltunnel) is a long railway tunnel in southern Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of . The summit tunnel was completed in 1925, and first opened on 3 July 1926. It links the Furka railway station, in ...
and
Muttbach-Belvédère to
Gletsch
Gletsch () is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms ('Upper Goms'), , southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. It is called Gle ...
.
At a ceremony to be held on 12 August 2010, the rest of the superseded ex-FO line will return to operation, following the completion of another DFB extension, this time from Gletsch to Oberwald. The formal reopening of that portion of the line followed the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on June 18, 2010, to mark its physical reconnection.
Scheduled DFB services between Gletsch and Oberwald will then commence on 13 August 2010.
Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010
(accessed 2010-07-11) From that point onwards, there will once again be a train service from Realp all the way over the Furka Pass to Oberwald and return.
Services
The following services stop at Realp DFB:
References
External links
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Railway stations in the canton of Uri