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Zermatt

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The Gornergrat Railway in the shadow of the Matterhorn, Switzerland.

Visiting the Gornergrat Railway, Zermatt: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Gornergrat Railway is Switzerland's first electric cogwheel railway, opened in 1898, carrying passengers from Zermatt at 1,604 metres up to the Gornergrat summit at 3,089 metres. Two things that most guides get wrong: first, the railway is completely out of service from 2 to…
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