Barrier-free public facilities
Arriving by bus
Every PostBus in Brig is equipped with lifts for easy access and drivers are happy to help people with reduced mobility get on and off the bus. It is also possible to request assistance via the SBB Contact Centre Handicap.
Arriving by train
Passengers with reduced mobility can order free assistance for boarding and disembarking at railway stations in Switzerland and on international services. The service is available via the SBB Contact Centre Handicap, free of charge to all wheelchair users, people with walking difficulties, blind or visually impaired people, and people with mental disabilities.
To reserve free assistance for boarding and disembarking trains, please call at least 1 hour before the requested assistance (by email, 12 hours before). For travel abroad, at least 48 hours in advance.
Parking, toilets, shops and more...
SAAS-FEE
The following public facilities in the car-free glacier village of Saas-Fee are barrier-free:
- 2 disabled parking spaces at the entrance to the village.
- 1 disabled parking space north of car park P1.
- Barrier-free toilets in the village hall by the village square and in car park 1.
- Access to the village hall / gym with sliding doors / lift.
- Access to the school building with sliding doors / lift.
- Access to the tourist office with sliding doors.
- Access to the bus terminal, the Coop and Migros grocery shops and the Steinmatte culture and course centre.
- Disabled access to the Aqua Allalin swimming pool; Aqua Allalin is equipped with a wheelchair lift and a handicap lift can take guests into the water.
- Easy access to the doctor's surgery.
SAAS-GRUND
The following public facilities in the village of Saas-Grund are barrier-free:
- Disabled-accessible car park at the village square.
- Barrier-free public toilets in the basement of the community centre/multi-purpose building at the village square (ramp is relatively steep).
- Barrier-free toilets in the community centre/multi-purpose building.
- Lift is available.
- Threshold-free access to the community centre/multi-purpose building/post office, with lift.
- Threshold-free access to the school building / lift.
- Threshold-free access to the gymnasium incl. WC.
- Threshold-free access to the library, on the ground floor of the school building.
- Threshold-free access to the Coop and Denner grocery shops with sliding doors.
- Threshold-free access to the pharmacy.
- Easy access and threshold-free access to the Saastal doctor's surgery with sliding doors.
- Easy access and barrier-free access to the Saas Valley Health Centre Physiotherapy.
- Range of therapies suitable for the disabled.
SAAS-ALMAGELL
The following public facilities in the village of Saas-Almagell are barrier-free:
- 2 disabled parking spaces.
- Barrier-free public WC on the village square.
SAAS-BALEN
The following public facilities in the village of Saas-Balen are barrier-free:
- 2 disabled parking spaces.
- Barrier-free public WC on the village square.
