The Gornergrat Railway (German: Gornergrat Bahn; GGB) is a mountain rack railway, located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It links the resort village of...
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reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway (GGB), the highest open-air railway in Europe. Between the Gornergrat railway station (3,090 m (10,140 ft))...
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Gornergrat is the upper terminal railway station of the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links it with the resort of Zermatt. The station is situated...
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120 metres above sea level. It can be reached from Zermatt via the Gornergrat railway, the terminus station being located 100 metres away. The hotel includes...
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Rotenboden is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station...
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Zermatt (section Gornergrat)
Sunnegga and Gornergrat. With few steep slopes, this mountain is often used to train younger skiers. The Gornergrat is served by the Gornergrat railway, a 29-minute...
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contractor for a concession for the Zermatt-Gornergrat railway, and for a Zermatt-Matterhorn one. The Gornergrat railway was constructed in 1896-1898 and has...
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Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station...
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(3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gornergrat Railway and is served by local trains only. The station is across the street from Zermatt railway station, the southern...
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from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-05-17. After the Gornergrat railway (3,090 m) Between Heaven and Earth. History and technology - science...
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manufacturer Golden Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge in San Francisco, CA Gornergrat railway (German: Gornergratbahn), in Switzerland Governor-General of the Bahamas...
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Riffelalp tram (category Railway lines in Switzerland)
The line links the Riffelalp Resort to Riffelalp station, on the Gornergrat railway, and via that line to Zermatt and beyond. The Riffelalp tram is the...
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a chapel. Riffelalp is connected to Zermatt by the Gornergrat railway, although Riffelalp railway station is located some distance from the resort. The...
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Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station...
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Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated...
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station is across the street from Zermatt GGB railway station, the valley terminus of the Gornergrat Railway. Every day, several Glacier Express trains,...
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2012. p. 33. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7. After the Jungfrau, Gornergrat, and Bernina railway "History of navigation on Lakes Thun and Brienz". BLS AG. Archived...
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This article lists the highest railways in the world. The table only includes non-cable passenger railways whose culminating point is over 3,000 metres...
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Switzerland, notable for the many mountain railways in the surrounding mountains, notably the Rigi and Pilatus Railway Lake Geneva, the largest lake in the...
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wanted to get to Zermatt or leave the Mattertal were blocked. The Gornergrat Railway also had to temporarily cease operations because the Riffelbord protective...
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Overhead line (redirect from Catenary (railways))
Some railways used two or three overhead lines, usually to carry three-phase current. This is used only on the Gornergrat Railway and Jungfrau Railway in...
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the Martigny–Châtelard Railway (serving the Trient Valley) and the Visp-Zermatt railway. Above Zermatt, the Gornergrat Railway and the Klein Matterhorn...
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high-altitude railway stations in Europe. It includes any railway station or location with passenger railway services (on adhesion or rack railways), located...
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Mont Blanc tramway (category Railway companies of France)
Goûter". www.camptocamp.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016. After the Gornergrat Railway "Catastrophes, avalanches, poches d'eau". www.glaciers-climat.fr....
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Italian border (*) that could be partially in Switzerland. List of highest railway stations in Switzerland List of mountains of Switzerland above 3000 m List...
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railways, both dead-end railways, such as the Jungfrau and Gornergrat, and railway crossings, such as the Bernina and Furka. Many of these railways converge...
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hostilities in the Philippines. August 20 – The Gornergrat railway opens, connecting Zermatt to the Gornergrat in Switzerland. August 21 – Clube de Regatas...
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where two railways, the Jungfrau and Gornergrat railways, exceed 3,000 metres and nine other exceed 2,000 metres, including four railway crossings. The...
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surrounding mountains can be seen from the Gornergrat (3,100 m or 10,200 ft), connected from Zermatt by the Gornergrat Railway. Like almost all other glaciers in...
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electric tramway (closed 1950) Trams in Lugano (closed 1964) Gornergrat Railway Jungfrau Railway Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB) - see entry above Transports...
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