Brig railway station

Geschichte

Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1906, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, and is served by three standard gauge lines and two metre gauge lines.Rail services to BrigStandard gaugeTwo of the three standard gauge lines serving Brig were opened simultaneously in 1906.One of them is the Simplon railway, which links (Genève-Aéroport, Genève and) Lausanne on Lake Geneva with Brig, via Sion and Visp. The other is the Milan–Domodossola railway, which, as its name suggests, links Milano Centrale in Italy with Domodossola, also in Italy. In 1906, this line was extended to Brig upon the opening of the Simplon Tunnel.The third of Brig's standard gauge lines is the Lötschberg railway line, opened in 1913. It links Bern with Brig via the Lötschberg Pass, including the Lötschberg Tunnel. In 2007, this line was largely supplanted by the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), connecting (Bern and) Spiez with Visp, near Brig, via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. Trains travelling along the NEAT line to Visp usually then continue on to Brig via the Simplon line.