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It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass. 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.
' Rhaetian Railway ', is the longest metre-gauge railway network in Switzerland. Located in the eastern Swiss Alps, it links Arosa, Disentis, Davos and St. Moritz with Chur in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden). One line, operated by the Bernina Express (a Panorama Express, PE), crosses the Italy–Switzerland border to Tirano in the ...
Chiasso railway station (Italian: Stazione di Chiasso) is a station owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). It serves the town of Chiasso, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, and is also a border station between Switzerland and Italy.
The border is a product of the Napoleonic period, established with the provisional constitution of the Helvetic Republic of 15 January 1798, restored in 1815. While this border existed as a border of Switzerland from 1815, there was only a unified Italian state to allow the existence of a "Swiss-Italian border" with the formation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, it previously comprised the ...
Eastern Switzerland supported a line through the Splügen Pass or the Lukmanier Pass, Central Switzerland and Zürich favoured the Gotthard Pass and Western Switzerland supported the Simplon route. In 1871, the first line was completed through the Alps, connecting Italy and France with the Fréjus Rail Tunnel. The Compagnie de la Ligne d'Italie ...
A direct railway link across the Italy-Slovenia border as part of a new Milan-Ljubljana train is bringing back the infrastructure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This train route is being revived ...
TILO also operates cross-border commuter trains between Switzerland and Italy. Trains crossing the border to Switzerland require narrower pantographs. Also the Austrian Tyrol S-Bahn, Salzburg S-Bahn and Vorarlberg S-Bahn commuter rail networks have services that extend into neighbouring countries (Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland).
The Marseille-Ventimiglia railway line in Ventimiglia, near the French border Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps.