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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: Swiss train station
- Also known as: “Zermatt Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zermatt GGB railway station and Matterhorn Museum.
Zermatt GGB railway station
Railway station
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Zermatt GGB railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Zermatt, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the northern terminus of 1,000 mm metre gauge Gornergrat Railway and is served by local trains only.
Matterhorn Museum
Museum
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Matterhorn Museum is a cultural-natural museum in Zermatt whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses, and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. Matterhorn Museum is situated 550 metres south of Zermatt railway station.
St. Maurice church
Church
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St. Maurice church is situated 580 metres south of Zermatt railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunnegga and Findeln.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains.
Zum See
Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zum See is a hamlet in the canton of Valais. It is located above Zermatt at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the Matterhorn.
Zermatt railway station
- Categories: dead-end railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.02457° or 46° 1′ 29″ northLongitude
7.74813° or 7° 44′ 53″ eastElevation
1,608 metres (5,276 feet)Operator
MGBOpen location code
8FR92PFX+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 240052938OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
8468838Wikidata ID
Q8069422
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Lombard—“Zermatt railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Zermatt”
- Esperanto: “Zermatt”
- French: “gare de Zermatt”
- French: “Gare de Zermatt”
- French: “Zermatt”
- German: “Bahnhof Zermatt”
- Hungarian: “Zermatt vasútállomás”
- Italian: “stazione di Zermatt”
- Korean: “체르마트역”
- Lombard: “Stazion de Zermatt”
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