Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (DFB) |
6491 Realp, Switzerland (Uri) |
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Depot Realp
Witenwassernstrasse |
| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Mountain Railways & Cableways
- Bridges and Tunnels
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Opening times
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18.6.2016 - 2.10.2016: Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag;
11.7.2016 - 21.08.2016: täglich Fahrzeiten siehe PDF-Download von der DFB-Webseite. |
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Status from 03/2016
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Fahrpreise siehe PDF-Download auf der DFB-Webseite. |
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| Homepage | www.dfb.ch | ||||
dfb.ch 
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| Location / Directions |
The railway stations Realp, Gletsch and Oberwald are the only DFB stations that can be reached with both public and private transportation. The railway stops Tiefenbach, Furka and Muttbach-Belvédère are only accessible via the steam railway or on foot (over hiking trails). Realp5 to 10 minutes are required to walk the approximately 400m from the MGBahn railway station to the newly established Realp DFB railway station (red route on the map).The PostAuto stop by the village entrance and the parking lot are located 300m away (yellow and orange routes, respectively). The road between the MGBahn bridge and the DFB railway station and depot is private and not accessible to the public. Guests with disabilities can dropped off and picked up directly at the station. A designated lot is available for this purpose. Tour buses: The picking-up and dropping-off of guests should take place either at the bridge over the MGBahn tracks, in the DFB parking lot or at the edge of the village. Oberwald in Canton ValaisThe newly established DFB railway station lies to the west of Oberwald village, directly next to the existing MGBahn railway station (platforms 5 and 6). The DFB platform is directly accessed through an underpass from the railway station.The PostAuto stop is on the north side of the railway station, by the entrance of the car shuttle ramp. Tickets for the DFB steam trains can be purchased at the ticket window of the MGBahn railway station. Tickets can also be purchased directly from the conductor aboard the DFB steam train without incurring any surcharge. |
| Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Furka Cogwheel Steam RailwayThe Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke, DFB in German) is a largely volunteer operated heritage railway which operates a partially rack and pinion-operated line across the Furka Pass, between Realp in Uri and Oberwald in Valais. Culminating at 2,160 metres above sea level, it is an old mountainous section of the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) that was abandoned after the construction of the Furka Tunnel. It has been gradually brought back into service by the Verein Furka-Bergstrecke with the use of only steam locomotives, with the entire line completed in 2010. The Furka Railway is the second highest rail crossing in Europe, after the Bernina Railway. The Uri side of the line also constitutes the highest railway in Central Switzerland.The section of line was always a severe operational difficulty for the FO as its high altitude rendered it impassable due to snow and ice for much of the winter season, hence it being abandoned and a tunnel constructed. This has remained a headache for the DFB, as every year it must be closed down and then reopened, an expensive process which involves the removal and replacement of a specially folding transportable bridge that would otherwise be damaged by the snow every year. The rebuilding of the line has also not been without new difficulties. Requiring to cross a busy main road on a rack operated section, the rack over the road is retractable, actuated to raise at the same time as the level crossing barriers by radios fitted to the line's locomotives. Another section, running through a forested nature reserve, has had to be fitted with a sprinkler system that operates before and after trains pass, again actuated by the radios aboard. Relays allow the system to cascade up or down the section in line with the train, to save water which is supplied by natural water supplies near the summit of the line. |
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