# Valley station

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{{About|the lower station of a mountain transport system|the Welsh railway station|Valley railway station}}
{{Unreferenced|date=April 2019}}

The '''valley station''' is the lower terminal of an [aerial lift](/source/aerial_lift), cable car, [gondola lift](/source/gondola_lift), [chairlift](/source/chairlift), [rack railway](/source/rack_railway) or [ski lift](/source/ski_lift). The valley station is the counterpart of a [top station](/source/top_station). Cable cars may be boarded at both stations. The valley station is always at a lower elevation than the top station.

Valley stations on a [cable car](/source/Aerial_lift) may be ordinary buildings with a docking bay or open steel structures. They are oriented in the direction of the cables. Gondola lifts, by contrast always have horizontally-oriented valley stations.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Nordkettenbahn-Hungerburg-Station.jpg|Hungerburg station on the ''Nordkettenbahn'', [Innsbruck](/source/Innsbruck)
File:Station Iltios.jpg|Chäserrugg cable car, Unterwasser, [Canton of St. Gallen](/source/Canton_of_St._Gallen), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
File:CH Furtschellas aerial tram station.jpg|Furtschellas, [Engadin](/source/Engadin), Switzerland
File:Finkenberg 2.jpg|[Finkenberg](/source/Finkenberg) gondola lift, Zillertal, [Austria](/source/Austria)
File:Sesselbahn Carmenna Sommer.jpg|[Carmenna Chairlift, [Arosa](/source/Arosa), [Italy](/source/Italy)
</gallery>

== Examples ==
{| class="wikitable" 
!width="150" align="left" |Name                
!width="150" align="left" |Valley station:                 
!width="200" align="left" |Top station:
|-
|''Klewenalpbahn''                
|[Beckenried](/source/Beckenried) (420&nbsp;m)        
|[Klewenalp](/source/Klewenalp) (1590&nbsp;m)
|-
|''Titlisbahn''                   
|[Engelberg](/source/Engelberg_OW) (1000&nbsp;m)           
|[Titlis](/source/Titlis) (3020&nbsp;m)
|-
|''Säntisbahn''                   
|[Schwägalp](/source/Schw%C3%A4galp) (1345&nbsp;m)           
|[Säntis](/source/S%C3%A4ntis) (2503&nbsp;m)
|-
|''Klein Matterhorn-Bahn''         
|[Zermatt](/source/Zermatt) (1619&nbsp;m)    
|[Klein Matterhorn](/source/Klein_Matterhorn) (3885&nbsp;m)
|-
|''Stockhornbahn''                 
|[Erlenbach](/source/Erlenbach_im_Simmental) (720&nbsp;m)        
|[Stockhorn](/source/Stockhorn) (2190&nbsp;m)
|-
|''Weisshornbahn''                 
|[Obersee Arosa](/source/Obersee_(Arosa)) (1750&nbsp;m)        
|[Weisshorn](/source/Weisshorn_(Arosa)) (2650&nbsp;m)
|}

== External links ==
{{Wiktionary}}

Category:Aerial lifts
Category:Ski lifts
Category:Funicular railways
Category:Rack railways

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