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The Schynige Platte Railway. 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.
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.
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.
List of museums in Switzerland; List of botanical gardens in Switzerland; List of railway museums in Switzerland; List of heritage railways and funiculars in Switzerland; List of mountain railways in Switzerland; List of highest railway stations in Switzerland; List of funiculars in Switzerland; List of aerial tramways in Switzerland
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.
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.