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The Bernina Express reaches the summit at the Ospizio Bernina station at 2,253 m (7,392 ft) above Lago Bianco. Alp Grüm (2,091 m [6,860 ft]) is the first station south of the Alps , situated above Lago Palü and right below Piz Palü (3,900 m [12,800 ft]+) and its glacier .
On 7 July 2008, the Albula line and the Bernina railway line, which also forms part of the RhB, were jointly recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, under the name Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes. The best known trains operating on the Albula line are the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express.
The Bernina Express is classified as a Panorama Express. Panorama Express, abbreviated PE, is a special category of long-distance train in Switzerland.It was introduced with the December 2019 timetable change, and is generally used to denote tourism-focused services. [1]
Since the mid-1980s, the Rhaetian Railway has been marketing the natural and technical attractions of the Bernina line specifically to tourists. Thus, the section from Pontresina to Tirano forms part of the route of the Bernina Express. In October 2011, it was the first railway line in the world to be photographed and put on Google Street View.
Since the opening of the Engadin line, Pontresina has been a dual system station, as the Bernina Railway operates on 1,000 V DC. Track 3 at Pontresina station has a switchable catenary, and is used for trains, such as the Heidi Express, operating through the station and needing to change from one of the two electification systems to the other.
It is the southern terminus of the metre gauge Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz. [1] Hourly services operate on this line. It is adjacent to the main-line Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Tirano railway station .
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St. Moritz railway station is a railway station in the resort town of St. Moritz, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.It is the southern terminus of the Albula Railway line from Chur, and a northern terminus for the Bernina Railway line from Tirano in Italy. [1]