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This is a list of heritage railways in Switzerland. For convenience, the list includes any pre-World War II railway in the large sense of the term (either adhesion railway, rack railway or funicular) currently operated with at least several original or historical carriages. Switzerland has a very dense rail network, both
Bernina railway line with the Palü Glacier in the background. Postcard from ca. 1910. In the year following the completion of the Albula railway line in 1904, the Bernina-Bahngesellschaft (BB) was established, with the objective of opening a railway line between St Moritz and Tirano, via the Bernina Pass.
Each of these Bernina Express trains includes designated carriages for passengers with only regional train tickets. There is a bus transfer between Tirano and Lugano (Swiss canton of Ticino), which links the Bernina Express with the Gotthard Panorama Express. [1] [2] At St. Moritz, it connects with the Glacier Express, another tourist train.
A train on the open-air section of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe. This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.It includes railways that overcome steep gradients (over 5%) or whose culminating point is over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
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A train of the Sagano Scenic Railway in Japan. This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which is run as a tourist attraction , is usually but not always run by volunteers, and often seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past.