Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the first station to the north of the Lötschberg tunnel.[1][5]

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Kandersteg:[6][7]

The station is also the northern terminus of the BLS car carrying shuttle train to Goppenstein station via the Lötschberg tunnel, with trains running every 30 minutes. There is no road across the Lötschen Pass, under which the tunnel runs, and the nearest alternative road crossings lie many kilometres to the east and west.[8][9]

The station is also served by Automobilverkehr Frutigen-Adelboden bus services to Mitholz, Blausee, Kandergrund and Frutigen, to Sunnbühl and Busbetrieb Kandersteg - Gasterntal bus services to Selden in the Gastertal.[2][10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 2024. p. 45,77. ISBN 978-3-8446-6441-6.
  2. ^ a b "Liniennetz Kander und Engstligental" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Kandersteg, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  6. ^ "Spiez - Lötschberg - Brig" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Kandersteg" (PDF). BLS AG (in German). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Autoverlad Lötschberg Kandersteg - Goppenstein" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Autoverlad Kandersteg - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Adelboden - Frutigen - Kandersteg" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Kandersteg - Selden" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Kandersteg Bahnhof - Talstat. Sunnbüel" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Kandersteg Bahnhof- Talstat. Oeschinen" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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