Hop on the Most Beautiful Cogwheel Train Ride from Zermatt up to Gornergrat. See the Highest Swiss Mountain, the Dufourspitze & the World-famous Matterhorn , And One Of The Best Mountain Panoramas In The Swiss Alps in 8K quality.

Record breaking:
The Gornergrat station is the highest, open-air railway station in Europe. The cog-wheel railway opened for passengers on 20. August 1898 and was the first electrically-powered cog-wheel railway in Switzerland.

As the train travels upwards from Zermatt to the Gornergrat summit it covers an altitude difference of 1,484 metres and stops at several stations on the way. Passengers are free to board or leave the train at these stations, to enjoy this mountain and its nature for hiking, snowshoe tours or winter hiking.

Stations of the Gornergrat railway:
Zermatt: 1'605 m
Findelbach: 1'770 m
Riffelalp: 2'211 m
Riffelboden: 2'348 m
Riffelberg: 2'582 m
Rotenboden: 2'815 m
Gornergrat: 3'089 m

Technical facts about the Gornergrat Railway:
The Gornergrat Railway was the first electrically-powered cog-wheel railway to be opened in Switzerland.
Route length: 9,339 km totally by cog wheel (Abt system) / dual track 3,790 km
Steepest slope: 200 ‰ (on average 160 ‰)
Electrification: 725 volt three-phase current, electrical traction since opening on 20.08.1898
Speed Uphill: maximum 30 km/h
Speed Downhill: maximum 20-27 km/h
Since the opening in 1898, energy has been recovered on the downhill run by means of recuperation.

Transport capacity:
Depending on the season, the trains run up to the summit every 24 to 48 minutes. Each train holds 2,511 passengers per hour. Due to the Coronavirus situation the available seating has been reduced so that the trains are currently only running with 50% capacity.
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info source: https://www.gornergrat.ch/en/stories/...
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