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.