Riffelalp | |||||||||||
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| Location | Zermatt, Valais Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°0′8″N 7°45′35″E / 46.00222°N 7.75972°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 2,212 m (7,257 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Gornergrat Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gornergrat railway Riffelalp tram | ||||||||||
| Distance | 4.03 km (2.50 mi) from Zermatt GGB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Gornergrat Railway | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501691 (RIAL) | ||||||||||
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Riffelalp 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 2,211 m (7,254 ft) above mean sea level.[1][2]
The station is linked to the five-star Riffelalp Resort by the 625 metres (2,051 ft) long Riffelalp tram,[2][3] making Riffelalp the highest location in Europe where two distinct railways meet.
- ^ "Betriebsdaten" [Operating data] (in German). Gornergratbahn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Riffelalp Tram". http://www.strassenbahn-europa.at/ (in German). Retrieved 2014-06-02.
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