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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 .
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.
On 1 July 1908, the viaduct was opened in conjunction with the opening of the Tirano–Poschiavo section of the Bernina Railway. [2] In 1943, the whole of the Bernina Railway was taken over by the Rhaetian Railway; this company continues to both own and operate services across the spiral viaduct to the present day. The services the spiral ...
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 .
In 2008, the RhB section from the Albula/Bernina area (the part from Thusis to Tirano, including St. Moritz) was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Albula-Bernina line is the first rail line in the world to be photographed and put on Google Street View. [2] The line also operates several historic trains on the network. [3]
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]
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The Bernina Express takes this branch, which connects the Albula line with the Bernina line to Tirano. On the other hand, the Glacier Express follows the main line, via Celerina, to the terminus of the Albula line at St. Moritz. Map of the Bergün-Preda section