Gornergrat Bahn Zermatt The Most Scenic Train Ride in Switzerland 8K
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