| Riffelalp tram | |||
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 The tram at Riffelhalp Resort station on the loop. In background is the Matterhorn | |||
| Overview | |||
| Owner | Riffelalptram (RiT) | ||
| Locale | Zermatt, Switzerland | ||
| Termini |
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| Stations | 2 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Tramway, Mountain railway | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 13 July 1899 | ||
| Closed | 30 September 1960 | ||
| Reopened | 15 June 2001 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 675.31 m (0.420 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Single track | ||
| Track gauge | 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 550 V / 40 Hz, 3-phase (until 1961) 80 V / 400 Ah (since 2001) | ||
| Highest elevation | 2,222 m (7,290.0 ft) | ||
| Maximum incline | 5%[1] | ||
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The Riffelalp tram (German: Riffelalptram, RiT) is a high altitude tramway line located in the Swiss canton of Valais near the resort of Zermatt. The line links the Riffelalp Resort to Riffelalp station, on the Gornergrat railway, and via that line to Zermatt and beyond.
The Riffelalp tram is the highest tram line in Europe.[2]
- ^ "Le tram de Riffelalp". railnet.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (December 2014). "Summer services on Europe's highest tramway". Today's Railways Europe. No. 228. Platform 5 Publishing, Ltd. p. 16. ISSN 1354-2753.