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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 .
In addition, two Panorama Express (PE) services are operated on the Rhaetian Railway network, namely the Bernina Express (Chur / St. Moritz – Tirano), Glacier Express (Zermatt – Andermatt – Chur – St. Moritz), of which the former is operated by the RhB, and the latter is jointly owned and operated by the RhB and the Matterhorn Gotthard ...
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 .
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.
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]
Campocologno railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Brusio, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.It is located at the border between Italy and Switzerland and is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. [1]
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The Bernina Pass is crossed by both the Hauptstrasse 29 road and the Bernina railway line, with a popular tourist train, the Bernina Express operating year-round between Chur and Tirano. The train crosses the pass west of the road at a slightly lower 2,253 metres (7,392 ft) (at Ospizio Bernina) – it is the highest adhesion railway route in ...