Lalden railway station

Lalden is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Lalden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG. The station lies some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the village centre of Lalden, and is about 150 metres (490 ft) higher.[1] The station is closed until 2022 because of track work on the railway line.[2]

Lalden
The station building in 2018
LocationLalden,
Canton of Valais,
Switzerland
Coordinates46°18′05″N 7°54′31″E
Elevation801 m (2,628 ft)
Owned byBLS AG
Operated byBLS AG
Line(s)Lötschberg line
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station
Eggerberg
towards Bern
 RegioExpress
Lötschberger
 Brig
towards Domodossola
Location
Lalden
Location in Switzerland

The station is served by the following passenger train:[3]

Operator Train Type Route Typical
Frequency		 Notes
BLS RegioExpress
Lötschberger		 Bern - Münsingen - Thun - Spiez - Mülenen - Reichenbach im Kandertal - Frutigen - Kandersteg - Goppenstein - Hohtenn - Ausserberg - Eggerberg - Lalden - Brig 1 per hour

Lalden station is an intermediate point of the Lötschberg South Ramp walking trail, which parallels the south ramp of the Lötschberg railway as it descends the northern flank of the Rhone valley into Brig. The walk covers the 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Hohtenn station to Brig, passing by the stations of Ausserberg, Eggerberg and Lalden on the way, and offering views south over the Rhone valley.[4][5]

References
  1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. "Fahrplananpassung regionalen Bahnverkehr am Lötschberg". BLS AG (in German). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. "Spiez–Lötschberg–Brig" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  4. "Southern Lötschberg ramp - The classic hike". BLS AG. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  5. "Loetschberger-Suedrampe". BLS AG. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
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