Gornergrat Railway

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The Gornergrat Railway is a historic cogwheel mountain railway in Switzerland that carries passengers from Zermatt up to the Gornergrat ridge, offering panoramic views of the Matterhorn and surrounding Alpine glaciers.

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Label Occurrences
Gornergrat Railway canonical 8
Gornergrat Bahn AG 2
Gornergrat mountain railway line 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cogwheel railway
mountain railway
tourist railway
connects Gornergrat
surface form: Gornergrat ridge

Zermatt
country Switzerland
electrification electric railway
endingPoint Gornergrat summit station
gauge metre gauge
hasStation Findelbach
Gornergrat
Riffelalp
Riffelberg
Rotenboden
Zermatt
hasTouristPopularity high
hasViewPlatformAtTerminus true
isAllYearOperation true
isHistoric true
isTouristAttraction true
languageOfName German
lineLength approximately 9.3 km
locatedIn Canton of Valais NERFINISHED
maximumElevation about 3089 m above sea level
nativeName Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gornergratbahn
nearbyTown Zermatt
offersViewOf Alpine glaciers
Gorner Glacier
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
surface form: Monte Rosa massif
opened 1898
operator Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gornergrat Bahn AG
owner Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gornergrat Bahn AG
partOf Swiss mountain railway network
primaryUse passenger transport
rackRailway true
rackSystem Abt rack system
regionServed Pennine Alps
startingPoint Zermatt railway station
status in operation
terminus Gornergrat
Zermatt
trackGauge 1000 mm
usedFor access to hiking trails
access to ski areas
sightseeing

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Gorner Glacier viewedFrom Gornergrat Railway
Zermatt hasAttraction Gornergrat Railway
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn connectsTo Gornergrat Railway
Gornergrat Railway owner Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gornergrat Bahn AG
Gornergrat Railway operator Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gornergrat Bahn AG
Gornergrat Railway nativeName Gornergrat Railway self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gornergratbahn
Gornergrat hasAccess Gornergrat Railway
Gornergletscher accessibleFrom Gornergrat Railway
BVZ Holding owns Gornergrat Railway
BVZ Holding operates Gornergrat Railway
BVZ Holding hasSubsidiary Gornergrat Railway
BVZ Holding hasKeyAsset Gornergrat Railway
this entity surface form: Gornergrat mountain railway line