Iselle di Trasquera railway station

Iselle di Trasquera
The station platforms in 2016
General information
Location	Trasquera Italy
Coordinates	46°12′25.243″N 8°12′25.398″E
Elevation	628 m (2,060 ft)
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Simplon line
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	Local buses
History
Opened	14 June 1906 (1906-06-14)
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Brig towards Bern RE1 Varzo towards Domodossola Brig Terminus RE2
Location Iselle di Trasquera Location within Piedmont Show map of Piedmont Iselle di Trasquera Iselle di Trasquera (Northern Italy) Show map of Northern Italy Iselle di Trasquera Iselle di Trasquera (Italy) Show map of Italy

Iselle di Trasquera railway station (Italian: Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera) serves the village of Iselle and municipality of Trasquera, in the region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1906, the station is at the southern portal of the Simplon tunnel, on the Simplon line, between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland. All rail services to and from the station are operated by BLS AG, a Swiss company.

Location

The station is situated at Via Stazione, immediately to the south of the southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, which passes underneath the border between Switzerland and Italy.

The village of Iselle, which gave its name to the station, is about 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream on the river Diveria, towards the Simplon Pass.

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1906, upon the inauguration of the Brig–Domodossola railway, including the Simplon tunnel.^[1]

A monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel was erected on 29 May 1905.

Until 1929, the station was the point where locomotives were exchanged at the head of trains, because the Brig–Iselle section was operated by electric traction while trains on the Iselle–Domodossola section were powered by steam locomotives.

Services

The following services stop at Iselle di Trasquera:^[2][3][4][5]

• RegioExpress: service every two hours between Bern and Domodossola, increasing to hourly during rush-hour.
• Seasonal car shuttle train to Brig.

Gallery

• 
  Southern portal of the Simplon Tunnel
• 
  South portal at Iselle di Trasquera railway station. The picture was taken through a loophole of an old Italian World War II bunker. The bunkers weapons were directed to the tunnels south portal.
• 
  The Watercrane used to refill the steam locomotives till 1929 is still (2017) present.
• 
  Monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel
• 
  A car transport train arriving from Brig to Iselle di Trasquera

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

Notes

1. Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
2. "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German and Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
3. "Autoverlad Kandersteg - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
4. "Autoverlad Simplon Brig - Iselle (I)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
5. "Partenza: Stazione di Iselle di Trasquera" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in Italian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

References

• Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse [Railway Atlas Switzerland]. Aachen: Schweers + Wall. 2004. ISBN 3-89494-122-7. (in German, French, Italian, and English)

External links

• Media related to Iselle di Trasquera train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Iselle di Trasquera railway station – SBB
• BLS car transport service