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The Transalpin is a EuroCity express train linking Zürich (Switzerland) with Graz (Austria) via Liechtenstein. Introduced in 2013, it is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). From 1958 to 2010 a train of the same name linked Basel or Zürich with Vienna (see history below).
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Austria recognized Switzerland's independence at the Congress of Vienna.However, relations were strained. Switzerland accepted republican refugees, which displeased reactionary Austria under Metternich, for example in the 1820s when numerous persecutes from Turin and Naples found asylum in Switzerland, where Austria had put down uprisings.
The border between the modern states of Austria and Switzerland is divided into two parts, separated by the Principality of Liechtenstein, with a total length of 180 km (110 mi). [1] The longer, southern stretch runs across the Grison Alps and the shorter one following mostly the Alpine Rhine (which was straightened ), except near Diepoldsau ...
The train provides a one-seat ride for an 8-hour end-to-end 291-kilometre (181 mi) journey, and omits stops made by local trains. The Glacier Express has been called the 'slowest express train in the world'. [2] As St. Moritz and Zermatt are home to two well-known mountains, the Glacier Express is also said to travel from Matterhorn to Piz Bernina.
The city is also a popular stop on European cruise itineraries – in 2017, the city received 742,000 cruise tourists from 538 ships [112] – and the rise during the 2010s of European low-cost flights and affordable Airbnb listings.
Ischgl is located on the Austrian side of one of the world's largest ski areas. Its 238 kilometres (148 mi) (length includes the pistes in Samnaun, Switzerland) of groomed pistes are served by over 45 mechanical lifts including cable cars, gondolas, detachable chair lifts and some T-bars.