page_title: Spiez
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Spiez / Transport
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnhofsgebäude von Spiez
context_page_description: Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
  The official language of Spiez is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: The municipality of Spiez is served by the Spiez railway station and two minor ones: Lattigen bei Spiez and Faulensee. Spiez is a major junction point of one of the two major north–south railway axis in Switzerland through the Alps: the Simplon line. Coming from Germany, Basel and Bern, the line further goes through two major the Alps traversing tunnels, namely the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (35 km (22 mi), since 2007) to Brig in Valais with a totally distinct climate in just 35 minutes, and then further through the Simplon Tunnel (20 km (12 mi), 1906) to reach Italy, where it finally arrives at the major junction point of northern Italy: Milano. The old line through the since 1913 existing and 500 metres (1,600 ft) higher situated Lötschberg Tunnel (15 km (9.3 mi)) is still operating and a touristic highlight. The parts between Bern and Brig is operated by BLS AG (Lötschberg railway line), but also intensely served by SBB CFF FFS. The lines between Bern and Interlaken (Lake Thun railway line) is served by BLS, SBB, ICE, and TGV. BLS' Spiez–Erlenbach–Zweisimmen railway line is part of the Golden Pass Express between Lucerne and Montreux at Lake Geneva.
caption: Spiez railway station
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