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 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines. Another two metre gauge lines serve the physically adjacent Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station.

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Brig
The station building in 2017
General information
Location	Bahnhof 1 Brig Switzerland
Coordinates	46°19′10″N 07°59′17″E
Elevation	677 m (2,221 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lausanne–Brig Bern–Lötschberg–Brig
Platforms	3 island platforms and 1 side platform
Tracks	9
Train operators	BLS AG RegionAlps Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	Postauto buses Local buses [1]
Construction
Parking	55
Other information
Station code	BR
History
Opened	18 June 1878 (1878-06-18)
Passengers
2022	17'500 per working day[2] (BLS, MGB, RegionAlps, SBB)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Visp towards Basel SBB EuroCity Domodossola towards Milano Centrale Sion towards Genève-Cornavin Visp towards Basel SBB IC 6 Terminus Visp towards Romanshorn IC 8 Visp towards Geneva Airport IR 90 Terminus InterRegio Domodossola Terminus Preceding station BLS Following station Lalden towards Bern RegioExpress Iselle di Trasquera towards Domodossola Eggerberg towards Biel/Bienne RegioExpress Weekends only Terminus Preceding station RegionAlps Following station Visp towards St-Gingolph R91 Terminus
Location
Brig Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Brig Brig (Canton of Valais) Show map of Canton of Valais

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Service to Brig began on 18 June 1878; it was at that time the eastern terminus of the Simplon Railway.^[3] The opening of the Simplon Tunnel in 1906 extended the Simplon Railway southeast to Domodossola, in Italy.

Brig's other standard gauge line, 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),^[4] connecting (Bern and) Spiez with Visp, near Brig, via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. Trains travelling along the NRLA line to Visp usually then continue on to Brig via the Simplon line.

The following services stop at Brig:^[5]

• EuroCity/InterCity: trains every two hours to Basel SBB; EuroCity trains continue from Brig to Milano Centrale via Domodossola.
• EuroCity: four trains per day between Genève-Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterCity: trains every two hours to Romanshorn.
• InterRegio:
  • trains every half-hour to Geneva Airport.
  • three trains per day to Domodossola.
• RegioExpress:
  • trains every hour to Bern, with most trains continuing from Brig to Domodossola.
  • daily service on weekends during the high season to Biel/Bienne.
• Regio: half-hourly service to Monthey, with every other train continuing to Saint-Gingolph.

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland