The Gornergrat Railway is a mountain rack railway, located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It links the resort village of Zermatt, situated at 1,604 m above mean sea level, to the summit of the Gornergrat. The Gornergrat railway station is situated at an altitude of 3,089 m, 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.
The Gornergrat is a starting point for many hikes, as it lies surrounded by 29 peaks rising above 4,000 m in the Alps and several glaciers, including the Gorner Glacier. At the end of the line on Gornergrat, the Matterhorn is visible on a clear day.
Please, see the official website for the timetables.
The ticket prices vary from 10 CHF for an oneway ticket between two stations to 43 CHF for a oneway ticket for the entire route.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gornergrat_Railway
Official website https://www.gornergratbahn.ch/de/sommer/
More information at Zermatt.ch http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Zermatt-inside-stories/111-years-gornergrat-bahn
Phone +41 84 864 24 42
Address 8 Bahnhofplatz, Zermatt 3920, Switzerland
Coordinates 46°1'26.274" N 7°44'54.825" E
