Iselle di Trasquera railway station

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.^[1] All rail services to and from the station are operated by BLS AG, a Swiss company.

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	629 m (2,064 ft)
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Simplon line
Distance	18.8 km (11.7 mi) from Domodossola[1]
Platforms	2
Train operators	BLS AG
Connections	Local buses
Construction
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	8501952 (IS)
History
Opened	14 June 1906 (1906-06-14)
Services
Preceding station BLS Following station Brig towards Bern RE1 Varzo towards Domodossola Brig towards Visp RE2 Domodossola One-way operation
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

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.^[2]

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:^[3][4][5][6]

• 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.
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  Monument in memory of the deceased workers of the Simplon Tunnel
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  A car transport train arriving from Brig to Iselle di Trasquera

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Italy portal

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