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The station is situated at the summit of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais. At an altitude of 3,089 m (10,135 ft) above mean sea level, it is the highest open-air railway station in Europe. [1] [2] Near the station is the Kulm Hotel, a hotel and observatory.
A train on the open-air section of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe. This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.It includes railways that overcome steep gradients (over 5%) or whose culminating point is over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
The line opened in 1898, and was the first electric rack railway to be built in Switzerland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Gornergrat is a starting point for many hikes, as it lies surrounded by 29 peaks rising above 4,000 m (13,123 ft) in the Alps and several glaciers, including the Gorner Glacier (which is billed as the second longest glacier in the ...
This is a list of railway stations in Switzerland located at an elevation over 1,200 metres above sea level. Switzerland includes most of the highest railways of Europe and therefore also includes its highest railway stations, both underground and open-air, on dead-end rail and on rail crossing.
Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG).
Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland line, formerly operated by the Wynental and Suhrental Railway. Services are operated as Aargau S-Bahn route S14. Bremgarten–Dietikon line, formerly operated by BDWM Transport. Services are operated as Zürich S-Bahn route S17. The company also operates services on the Limmattal light rail line since December 2022.
Railway Name Canton(s)/Country From - To Built/Opened Elevation (m) Max. gradient Type Albula Railway: Grisons: Filisur - La Punt: 1903: 1823 railway tunnel Bernina Railway
Zermatt GGB railway station (German: Bahnhof Zermatt GGB, French: Gare de Zermatt GGB) is a railway station in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the northern terminus of 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge Gornergrat Railway and is served by local trains only.
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