Zermatt railway station
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Zermatt
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The station forecourt.
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 3920 Zermatt Visp, Valais Switzerland |
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| Elevation | 1,605.2 m (5,266 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Gornergratbahn (adjacent) |
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| Line(s) | BVZ Zermatt-Bahn Gornergratbahn (adjacent) |
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| Distance | 0 km (0 mi) from Zermatt |
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| Connections | Local electric buses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 July 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1 October 1929 (BVZ) 20 August 1898 (Gornergratbahn) |
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 Zermatt
Location within Switzerland
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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). Since 1 January 2003, the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
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Overview
The station is also adjacent to the valley terminus of the Gornergratbahn mountain railway, which rises 1,484.4 metres (4,870 ft) in only 9.35 kilometres (5.81 mi) to its mountain terminus at the summit of the Gornergrat.
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, either originate from, or terminate at, Zermatt station. The MGB also operates regional services to Brig at hourly intervals.
Additionally, due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and nearby Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their machines. For the better part of most days, this service operates at 20 minute intervals; it takes 12 minutes.[1][2]
Frequent services are also operated by the Gornergratbahn.
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn services
- Glacier express - several trains daily
- Regional services - 1tph
- Shuttle services - frequent
Gallery
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Bahnhof Zermatt 1900.jpg
Zermatt railway station, ca 1900.
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Glacier-Express-label.JPG
Glacier Express welcome sign.
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Bahnhof Zermatt 2005.jpg
The station concourse.
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MGB HGe 44 102 Zermatt 02.08.2006.JPG
HGe 4/4 II No. 102 and Tm 74.
See also
- Glacier Express
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
- Gornergratbahn
- Riffelalptram
- Zermatt
- Matterhorn
References
Notes
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Further reading
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External links
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- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (German)
