Realp DFB railway station

Realp DFB railway station (German: Bahnhof Realp DFB) is a railway station in the municipality of Realp, in the Swiss canton of Uri. It is the eastern terminus of the Furka Steam Railway, a heritage railway that operates over the Furka Pass route. Regular service through the Furka Base Tunnel uses Realp railway station, roughly 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the north.

Realp DFB
The station building in 2018
LocationRealp
Switzerland
Coordinates46°35′44.412″N 8°30′4.561″E
Owned byFurka Steam Railway
Line(s)Furka Steam Railway
Train operatorsFurka Steam Railway
Services
Preceding station Furka Steam Railway Following station
Tiefenbach DFB
towards Oberwald
 Oberwald to Realp Terminus
Location
Realp DFB
Location within Switzerland
Realp DFB
Realp DFB (Canton of Uri)

History

Following the opening of the Furka Base Tunnel in 1982, the original FO line over the Furka Pass between Realp and Oberwald was abandoned. However, that line has been progressively reopened since 1992, as a heritage railway operated by the DFB.

The first portion to be reopened was the section between Realp and Tiefenbach, which has been operational once again since 11 July 1992 (1992-07-11), with its Realp terminus being at Realp DFB. On 30 July 1993 (1993-07-30), the DFB was extended from its then temporary terminus at Tiefenbach to Furka. It has since been further extended, through the Furka Summit Tunnel and Muttbach-Belvédère to Gletsch.

At a ceremony to be held on 12 August 2010, the rest of the superseded ex-FO line will return to operation, following the completion of another DFB extension, this time from Gletsch to Oberwald.[1] The formal reopening of that portion of the line followed the driving of a gold spike at a ceremony on June 18th 2010 to mark its physical reconnection.[2]

Scheduled DFB services between Gletsch and Oberwald will then commence on 13 August 2010.[3] From that point onwards, there will once again be a train service from Realp all the way over the Furka Pass to Oberwald and return.

Services

The following services stop at Realp DFB:[4]

  • From June–September, three round trips on weekends and holidays to Oberwald.

References
  1. Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (in German) (accessed 2010-07-11)
  2. News:Spike driven, line goes through (in German) (accessed 2010-07-11)
  3. Opening Gletsch-Oberwald 2010 (in German) (accessed 2010-07-11)
  4. "Oberwald - Gletsch - Furka - Realp DFB" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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