Bernina railway line

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UNESCO World Heritage Site component meter-gauge railway line mountain railway

The Bernina railway line is a scenic Swiss mountain railway and UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its dramatic alpine landscapes and panoramic train journeys between Switzerland and Italy.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Bernina railway 3
Bernina Line 1
Bernina Railway 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
meter-gauge railway line ⓘ
mountain railway ⓘ
connectsCity Pontresina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poschiavo NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Moritz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tirano NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1906 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
electrification 1000 V DC overhead line ⓘ
endPoint Tirano NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge 1000 mm ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO criteria (ii) ⓘ
UNESCO criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
highestElevation 2253 m ⓘ
highestPoint Ospizio Bernina station NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor panoramic train journeys ⓘ
scenic alpine landscapes ⓘ
year-round operation ⓘ
length about 60 km ⓘ
locatedIn Canton of Graubunden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowestElevation 429 m ⓘ
maximumGradient 7% ⓘ
notableStructure Alp Grüm station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bernina Lagalb station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brusio spiral viaduct NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lagalb tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ospizio Bernina station NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1910 ⓘ
operator Rhaetian Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBuilder Bernina-Bahngesellschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear Alp Grüm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lago Bianco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lej Nair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morteratsch Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Val Poschiavo NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Bernina Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint St. Moritz NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristService Bernina Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional panoramic trains ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track with passing loops ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2008 ⓘ
usesRackRail no ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhaetian Railway → hasLine → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina line
Valtellina → hasTransportRoute → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina railway
Bernina Pass → highestPointOn → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina railway
Bernina Pass → knownFor → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina railway route
Rhaetian Railway → knownFor → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina Railway
Bernina Pass → partOfRoute → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina Line
Southern Switzerland → tourismAttraction → Bernina railway line ⓘ
Bernina Pass → traversedBy → Bernina railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernina railway