Visp railway station

Visp
The new station building from the street.
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz 2 Visp Switzerland
Coordinates	46°17′38.504″N 7°52′53.274″E / 46.29402889°N 7.88146500°E / 46.29402889; 7.88146500
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Brig–Zermatt railway line Lausanne–Brig Spiez–Lötschberg Base Tunnel–Brig
Distance	8.9 km (5.5 mi) from Brig Bahnhofplatz[1] 136.7 km (84.9 mi) from Lausanne[1]
Platforms	7 3 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	6 (standard gauge) 3 (metre gauge)
Train operators	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto AG buses RegionAlps bus lines [2][3]
Construction
Parking	Yes (162 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (277 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8501605 (VI)
IATA code	ZLB
History
Electrified	1 October 1929 (1929-10-01) (BVZ)
Passengers
2023	25'300 per weekday[4] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Rank	30 out of 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Spiez towards Basel SBB EuroCity Brig towards Milano Centrale IC 6 Brig Terminus Spiez towards Romanshorn IC 8 Sierre/Siders towards Geneva Airport IR 90 Leuk towards Geneva Airport IR 95 Preceding station Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Following station Terminus R 43 Eyholz towards Andermatt Stalden-Saas towards Zermatt RE 42 Eyholz towards Fiesch RE 41 Terminus Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Raron towards St-Gingolph R91 Brig Terminus Raron towards Monthey R91 Preceding station BLS Following station Terminus RE2 Brig One-way operation
Location

Visp railway station is a junction station at Visp (French: Viège), in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a modern station building completed in 2007, and is served by two standard gauge lines and a metre gauge line.^[1]

Visp station is the busiest railway station in Valais.^[5]

Every day, about 230 trains stop at Visp,^[6] and approximately 25,300 passengers use the station.