Riffelalp is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
on 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
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with ...
which links the
resort of Zermatt with the summit of the
Gornergrat
The Gornergrat (; ) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway (GGB), the highest open-air railway in Europe. Betwee ...
. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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municipality of Zermatt and
canton of Valais
Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...
, at an altitude of
above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level ...
.
The station is linked to the five-star
Riffelalp Resort
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain. Once the site of ...
by the long
Riffelalp tram
The Riffelalp tram (, RiT) is a high altitude tramway line located in the Swiss canton of Valais near the resort of Zermatt. The line links the Riffelalp Resort to Riffelalp station, on the Gornergrat railway, and via that line to Zermatt and ...
,
[ making Riffelalp the highest location in Europe where two distinct railways meet.]
Services
the following services stop at Riffelalp:
Gallery
File:2012-08-17 14-47-42 Switzerland Canton du Valais Blatten.JPG, The station looking up the Gornergrat railway
File:2012-08-17 15-28-18 Switzerland Canton du Valais Blatten.JPG, A Gornergrat bound train leaving the station
File:Trams du Riffelalp (Suisse)(1).jpg, The Riffelalp tram at the station
See also
* List of highest railway stations in Switzerland
This is a list of railway stations in Switzerland located at an elevation over 1,200 metres above sea level. Switzerland includes most of the List of highest railways in Europe, highest railways of Europe and therefore also includes its highest r ...
References
External links
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Railway stations in the canton of Valais
Gornergrat Railway stations
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