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Riffelberg railway station

Riffelberg railway station

Railway station in Switzerland

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 is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,582 m (8,471 ft) above mean sea level.[1][2][3] It is the third highest station on the line and, considering only open-air railway stations, the third highest in Switzerland and Europe as well.

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The Hotel Riffelberg is located at the station.[4]

  • The station platforms
    The station platforms
  • Two trains in Riffelberg station
    Two trains in Riffelberg station

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Fahrplan Zermatt - Gornergrat (28.04.2014 - 06.06.2014)" [Timetable Zermatt - Gornergrat (28.04.2014 - 06.06.2014)] (in German). Gornergratbahn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  2. [2]
    "Betriebsdaten" [Operating data] (in German). Gornergratbahn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  3. [3]
    map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. [4]
    "Hotel Riffelberg Zermatt-Matterhorn". Hotel Riffelberg. Retrieved 2014-06-01.


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