Gornergrat is the upper terminal
railway station
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of the
Gornergrat railway
The Gornergrat Railway (; GGB) is a mountain rack railway, located in the Switzerland, Swiss Valais, canton of Valais. It links the Zermatt, resort village of Zermatt, situated at above mean sea level, to the summit of the Gornergrat. The Gorn ...
, a
rack railway
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which links it with the
resort of Zermatt. The station is situated at the summit of the Gornergrat, in the
Swiss
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municipality of Zermatt and
canton of Valais
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. At an altitude of
above mean sea level
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, it is the highest open-air railway station in Europe.
Near the station is the
Kulm Hotel, a hotel and observatory.
Services
the following services stop at Gornergrat:
* Service every 24 minutes to .
Gallery
File:Gornergrat-Station3578trim.jpg, The station with the Matterhorn behind
File:Gornergrat Station.jpg, Train at the platform
See also
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List of highest railway stations in Switzerland
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*
List of buildings and structures above 3000 m in Switzerland
This is a list of buildings and infrastructures above in Switzerland. As this height approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line in the Alps, infrastructures located above it are generally subject to harsh weather conditions a ...
References
External links
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Railway stations in the canton of Valais
Gornergrat Railway stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1898
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