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Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG).
The Gornergrat railway station is situated at an altitude of 3,089 m (10,135 ft), which makes the Gornergrat Railway the second highest railway in Europe after the Jungfrau, and the highest open-air railway of the continent. The line opened in 1898, and was the first electric rack railway to be built in Switzerland.
Zermatt GGB railway station (German: Bahnhof Zermatt GGB, French: Gare de Zermatt GGB) is a railway station in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais.It is the northern terminus of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge Gornergrat Railway and is served by local trains only.
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Rail crossing (near summit), highest station of the main Swiss railway network [Nb 2] La Barboleuse 1,211 m (3,973 ft) Vaud: Gryon: Bex–Villars–Bretaye: Gryon (La Barboleuse) La Givrine 1,208 m (3,963 ft) Vaud: Saint-Cergue: Nyon–St-Cergue–La Cure: Col de la Givrine: Rail crossing (near summit), highest station in the Jura Mountains ...
This is a route-map template for the Brig–Zermatt railway line, a railway in Switzerland.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Zermatt railway station, circa 1900. Zermatt's Bahnhofsplatz and station building. Zermatt's station concourse. The appearance of Zermatt railway station is characterised by 1980s era alterations. To protect passengers and rolling stock from avalanches, a massive concrete canopy was erected by 1989, and the canopy spans a total of six tracks.
Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat.The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,211 m (7,254 ft) above mean sea level.