Rotenboden railway station explained

Rotenboden
Address:Zermatt, Valais
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Gornergrat Railway
Line:Gornergrat line
Distance:7.91km (04.92miles) from
Platforms:2
Tracks:2
Train Operators:Gornergrat Railway
Code:8501693 (ROBO)
Mapframe:yes

Rotenboden 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 2815m (9,236feet) above mean sea level, it is the second highest open-air railway station in Europe, after the Gornergrat railway station, on the same line.[1] [2]

From the railway station a trail leads to the Monte Rosa Hut, across the Gorner Glacier.[3]

Services

the following services stop at Rotenboden:[4] [5]

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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: The Walking Guide - Rotenboden to the Monte Rosa Hut . ski-zermatt.com . 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.