Oberalppass railway station

Oberalppass railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Andermatt, in the Swiss canton of Uri. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oberalp Pass and Rheinquelle lighthouse.

Oberalp Pass

Mountain saddle

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Oberalp Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.

Rheinquelle lighthouse

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rheinquelle lighthouse is situated 210 metres south of Oberalppass railway station.

Oberalpsee

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Oberalpsee is a reservoir just below Oberalp Pass on the side of the Canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tschamut and Göschenen.

Tschamut

Hamlet

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Tschamut is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km east of Oberalppass railway station.

Göschenen

Village

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Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. Göschenen is situated 6 km west of Oberalppass railway station.

Andermatt

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Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.

Oberalppass railway station

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Switzerland
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.66036° or 46° 39′ 37″ north

Longitude

8.67041° or 8° 40′ 14″ east

Elevation

2,033 metres (6,670 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

MGB

Open location code

8FRCMM6C+45

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3154868043

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q33467291

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Lombard—“Oberalppass railway station” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Oberalppass”
French: “gare de Oberalppass”
French: “Oberalppass”
German: “Bahnhof Oberalppass”
Italian: “stazione di Oberalppass”
Lombard: “Stazion de Oberalppass”
“Oberalppass”

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Highlights include Kil.46,16 - Kil. 21,17 and Infocenter Rheinquelle.

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