Gletsch railway station
Gletsch railway station is a 1,000 mm metre gauge metre gauge railway station serving the village of Gletsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Switzerland
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kleinwasserkraftwerk Gletsch and Grimsel Pass.
Kleinwasserkraftwerk Gletsch
Photo: Wald-Burger8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kleinwasserkraftwerk Gletsch is situated 100 metres north of Gletsch railway station.
Grimsel Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grimsel Pass is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2,164 metres. The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône.
Sidelhorn
Peak
Photo: H.sch.57, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sidelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass. It lies at the eastern end of the mountain chain between the Unteraar Glacier and the Rhone valley, named Aargrat. Sidelhorn is situated 4 km west of Gletsch railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gletsch and Oberwald.
Gletsch
Hamlet
Photo: Alorin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône.
Oberwald
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. Oberwald is situated 3 km south of Gletsch railway station.
Obergesteln
Village
Obergesteln is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Obergesteln was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Ulrichen to form the municipality Obergoms. Obergesteln is situated 6 km southwest of Gletsch railway station.
Gletsch railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Obergoms, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.56132° or 46° 33′ 41″ northLongitude
8.3615° or 8° 21′ 41″ eastElevation
1,757 metres (5,764 feet)Operator
DFBOpen location code
8FRCH966+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 420041304OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5569509
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Gletsch railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Gletsch”
- Esperanto: “Gletsch”
- French: “Gletsch”
- German: “Bahnhof Gletsch”
- Hungarian: “Gletsch vasútállomás”
- Korean: “글레치역”
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Highlights include Bahnhof Gletsch and Infopoint Gletsch.
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