Zermatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Bahnhofplatz Zermatt Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°1′27″N 07°44′51″E / 46.02417°N 7.74750°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1,605.2 m (5,266 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Brig–Zermatt line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Local electric buses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 18 July 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1 October 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 , 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). The station is across the street from Zermatt GGB railway station, the valley terminus of the Gornergrat Railway.