Address 3920 Zermatt, Switzerland Elevation 1,605.2 m (5,266 ft) Connections Local electric buses | Opened 18 July 1891 Distance 0 km (0 mi); from Zermatt | |
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Location Bahnhofplatz
3920 Zermatt
Visp, Valais
Switzerland Operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Gornergratbahn (adjacent) Electrified 1 October 1929 (1929-10-01) (BVZ)
20 August 1898 (1898-08-20) (Gornergratbahn) Line(s) BVZ Zermatt-Bahn; Gornergratbahn (adjacent) Similar Alps, Gornergrat railway station, Findelbach railway station, Täsch railway station, Riffelalp railway station | ||
Zermatt railway station
Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp (served by SBB-CFF-FFS) and Brig (served by SBB-CFF-FFS and BLS AG). Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
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The station is also adjacent to the valley terminus of the Gornergratbahn mountain railway, which rises 1,484.4 metres (4,870 ft) in only 9.35 kilometres (5.81 mi) to its mountain terminus at the summit of the Gornergrat.
Every day, several Glacier Express trains, which are operated at this point by the MGB, either originate from, or terminate at, Zermatt station. The MGB also operates regional services to Brig at hourly intervals.
Additionally, due to Zermatt's car free status, the MGB has a frequent special shuttle train service between Zermatt and nearby Täsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by combustion-engined vehicles are required to park their machines. For the better part of most days, this service operates at 20 minute intervals; it takes 12 minutes.
Frequent services are also operated by the Gornergratbahn.