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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 Pilatus Railway (German: Pilatusbahn, PB) is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.
The Jungfrau Railway (German: Jungfraubahn, pronounced [ˈjʊŋfʁaʊ̯ˌbaːn] ⓘ, JB) is a mountain rack railway in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, connecting Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Oberland to the Jungfraujoch, across the Valais border.
Rigi Railways (German: Rigi Bahnen) is a railway company that operates a group of railways on the mountain Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways , the Vitznau–Rigi Bahn (VRB) and the Arth–Rigi Bahn (ARB), along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis–Rigi Kaltbad (LWRK ...
Reaching a height of 2,253 metres (7,392 ft) above sea level, it is the highest railway crossing in Europe and the third-highest railway in Switzerland. It also ranks as the highest adhesion railway of the continent, and—with inclines of up to 7%—as one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world. The elevation difference on the section ...
The Bernese Oberland Railway (German: Berner Oberland-Bahn, BOB) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. It runs, via a "Y" junction at Zweilütschinen to serve Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald from Interlaken .
Rail crossing (near summit), highest station of the main Swiss railway network [Nb 2] La Barboleuse 1,211 m (3,973 ft) Vaud: Gryon: Bex–Villars–Bretaye: Gryon (La Barboleuse) La Givrine 1,208 m (3,963 ft) Vaud: Saint-Cergue: Nyon–St-Cergue–La Cure: Col de la Givrine: Rail crossing (near summit), highest station in the Jura Mountains ...
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: Grisons: Samedan - Poschiavo: 1906 - 1910: 2253 railway Bözberg: Aargau: Brugg - Frick: 1874: 461 railway tunnel Brünig: Bern/Nidwalden: Meiringen BE - Giswil NW: 1888: ...
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