Elevation 2,815 m (9,236 ft) Address 3920 Zermatt, Switzerland | Line(s) Gornergrat railway Opened 20 August 1898 | |
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Location Zermatt, Valais
Switzerland Similar Riffelberg railway station, Riffelsee, Gornergrat, Gornergrat railway, Alps | ||
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 2,815 m (9,236 ft) above mean sea level, it is the second highest open-air railway station in Europe, after the Gornergrat railway station, on the same line.
From the railway station a trail leads to the Monte Rosa Hut, across the Gorner Glacier.
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