In the Swiss German dialect, the expression Haltestelle normally refers to a railway facility without points or switches, where scheduled trains are allowed to stop, depart or terminate.

[1] Tiefenbach is not strictly a facility of that kind, because it is actually a crossing loop, with a point or switch at each end.

However, the village is located on the Furka Pass road, about 265 metres (869 ft) higher in altitude than the railway halting point.

Since 11 July 1992 (1992-07-11), the abandoned portion of the FO line has been progressively reopened from Realp, as a heritage railway operated by the DFB.

Immediately to the west of Tiefenbach, westbound trains operating on the DFB line begin an 11.0% climb towards Furka, with the assistance of an Abt rack rail system.