Riffelberg railway station explained

Riffelberg
Address:	Zermatt, Valais
Country:	Switzerland
Owned:	Gornergrat Railway
Line:	Gornergrat line
Distance:	6.47km (04.02miles) from
Platforms:	2
Tracks:	3
Train Operators:	Gornergrat Railway
Connections:	Ski resort
Code:	8501692 (RIBE)
Mapframe:	yes

Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2582m (8,471feet) above mean sea level.^{[1] [2]} It is the third highest station on the line and, considering only open-air railway stations, the third highest in Switzerland and Europe as well.

The Hotel Riffelberg is located at the station.^[3]

Services

the following services stop at Riffelberg:^{[4] [5]}

• Service every 24 minutes between and .

See also

• List of highest railway stations in Switzerland

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betriebsdaten . German . Operating data . Gornergratbahn . 2014-05-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140602201112/http://www.gornergratbahn.ch/de/footer/ueber_gornergrat_bahn/betriebsdaten/Pages/default.aspx . 2014-06-02 .
2. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2014-06-01.
3. Web site: Hotel Riffelberg Zermatt-Matterhorn . Hotel Riffelberg . 2014-06-01.
4. Web site: Zermatt - Gornergrat . 11 September 2023 . de . 13 October 2024 . öv-info.ch.
5. Web site: Gornergrat Railway: timetable and all the latest information . en . Gornergratbahn . 13 October 2024.