The Metro Alpin is an underground funicular situated above the

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town of Saas Fee, in the canton of Valais. Opened in 1984, it links the

Felskinn Felskinn is a rocky outcrop of the Pennine Alps, situated above Saas Fee in the canton of Valais. Felskinn is the lower station of the Metro Alpin which gives access to the Mittelallalin The Mittelallalin () is a minor summit below the Alla ...

cable-car station ( MSL) on the shore of the Fee Glacier to the Mittelallalin () in the north flank of the Allalinhorn. The Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel has a length of , with an altitude difference of between the two stations. The Metro Alpin is the highest funicular in the world. Being a fully underground railway, it is also considered the highest subway in the world.

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Saas-Fee website

Saas Fee Bergbahnen AG - mountain transportation company operating the Metro Alpin

Funicular railways in Switzerland Transport in Valais Railway lines opened in 1984 {{Switzerland-transport-stub

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