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Davos is part of the rail network of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). The RhB has two main stations in Davos: Davos Dorf (northeast) and Davos Platz (southwest). Other stations in the municipality include Davos Wolfgang and Davos Laret towards Klosters, and Davos Frauenkirch, Davos Glaris, Davos Monstein, and Davos Wiesen towards Filisur.
The Landquart–Davos Platz railway line runs across the top of the picture. The Klosters bypass highway crosses the Landquart River valley on a 526 m (1,726 ft) long curving road bridge (horizontal radius of curvature about 500m) at a height of between 50 and 60m above the valley floor. Four slender H-shape piers rise up from the valley floor ...
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 30 January 2009 – Matthieu Ricard works on a laptop during the World Economic Forum annual meeting. He is the author and photographer of Tibet, An Inner Journey and Monk Dancers of Tibet and, in collaboration, the photobooks Buddhist Himalayas , Journey to Enlightenment and Motionless Journey: From a Hermitage in ...
It is the main Rhaetian station in the village of Klosters on the Landquart–Davos Platz railway (not to be confused with the second station in Klosters on this line, the smaller Klosters Dorf railway station) and is the northern end of the Vereina Tunnel. The Vereina car shuttle service operates from the nearby station of Klosters Selfranga. [1]
The Parsenn Funicular (German: Davos Parsenn Bahn, DPB) is a funicular railway in the resort of Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The line links the town of Davos with the Weissfluhjoch ridge and the Parsenn ski area. [1] The funicular is composed of two separate and independent sections, with an interchange station between the two at ...
It is also one of the five skiing regions of the Davos Klosters Mountains, offering fourteen pistes. Jakobshorn panorama. Located at the northern end of the range between the Dischmatal and Sertigtal, the Jakobshorn is served by a two-part cable car running from Davos Platz. Once on the mountain there are three chairlifts, one short cable car ...
It is the terminus of the Landquart–Davos Platz railway and the Davos Platz–Filisur railway. [1] Northbound, there is a half-hourly service towards Landquart. Southbound, there is an hourly service to Filisur. The station also serves as a hub for local bus services. Davos Dorf station is located about 2.5 km northeast of Davos Platz.
The Davos Congress Centre seen from the air Main entrance. The Davos Congress Centre is the major convention centre in Davos, Switzerland. It opened in 1969 and has undergone major transformations and extensions in 1979, 1989 and 2010. It has hosted the meetings of the World Economic Forum since 1971. [1]