Metro Alpin Explained

Metro Alpin
Type:Funicular, Underground
Status:In operation
Start:Felskinn
End:Mittelallalin
Stations:2
Owner:Saastal Bergbahnen AG (since 2016), Saas-Fee Bergbahnen AG (‥–2016, name change)
Operator:Saastal Bergbahnen AG
Stock:2 for 115 passengers each
Linelength:1749m (5,738feet)
Electrification:since opening
Elevation M:3456
Website:saas-fee.ch
Map State:uncollapsed

The Metro Alpin is an underground funicular situated above the Swiss town of Saas Fee, in the canton of Valais. Opened in 1984, it links the Felskinn cable-car station (29800NaN0 MSL) on the shore of the Fee Glacier to the Mittelallalin (3456m (11,339feet)) in the north flank of the Allalinhorn. The Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel has a length of 1749m (5,738feet), with an altitude difference of 476m (1,562feet) 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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