Classic route
IR 90 Geneva–Brig
Geneva → Brig · Switzerland
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The IR 90 follows the whole north shore of Lake Geneva, then turns up the Rhône between towering valley walls: Lavaux vineyards, the castles of Aigle and Sion, and the Simplon railhead at Brig.
Stations
- 0 kmGenève-Cornavin
- 56 kmRenens VD
- 60 kmLausanne
- 78 kmVevey
- 85 kmMontreux
- 99 kmAigle
- 112 kmSt-Maurice
- 126 kmMartigny
- 152 kmSion
- 168 kmSierre/Siders
- 196 kmVisp
- 205 kmBrig
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7796311 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 1809
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the IR 90 Geneva–Brig?
The IR 90 Geneva–Brig runs 217 km from Geneva to Brig.
How long does the IR 90 Geneva–Brig take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 16 min for the 217 km. That is an average of 96 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the IR 90 Geneva–Brig?
SBB, with IR 90 InterRegio.
How old is the IR 90 Geneva–Brig?
The line has been in service since 1906. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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