Brig railway station
Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Brig in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station and Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche.
Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station
Railway station
Photo: Photnart, Public domain.
Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the meeting point of two 1,000 mm metre gauge railway lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn and the Furka Oberalp Railway.
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche
Church
Photo: Xenos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche is a church, which is situated 390 metres southeast of Brig railway station.
College Church Spiritus Sanctus with old college
Church
Photo: Andreasdziewior, Public domain.
College Church Spiritus Sanctus with old college is situated 530 metres southeast of Brig railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brig and Naters.
Brig
Town
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brig, known as Brigue in French and Briga in Italian, is a town and former municipality in the canton of Valais. It is part of the municipality of Brig-Glis.
Naters
Village
Photo: Summi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters, which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei Naters.
Brig railway station
- Categories: architectural structure, station building, break-of-gauge station, car-train station, station, and transportation
- Location: Brig, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.31932° or 46° 19′ 10″ northLongitude
7.98826° or 7° 59′ 18″ eastElevation
678 metres (2,224 feet)Operator
SBBOpen location code
8FR98X9Q+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 3080728372OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2082964
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Brig railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Brig”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بريج”
- Esperanto: “Brig Autoverlad (stacidomo)”
- Esperanto: “Brig”
- French: “Brigue”
- French: “gare de Brigue”
- French: “Gare de Brigue”
- German: “Bahnhof Brig”
- Hungarian: “Brig vasútállomás”
- Italian: “stazione di Briga”
- Italian: “Stazione di Briga”
- Korean: “브리크역”
- Polish: “Brig”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Brig”
- Spanish: “Estación de Brig”
- Venetian: “Stasion de Brig”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include SBB-Reisezentrum and Filiale Brig.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bahnhofapotheke Brig and kKiosk Brig.
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