Riffelberg railway station
Riffelberg 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 2,582 m above mean sea level.Photo: Kabelleger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station on the Gornergrat railway in the Swiss canton of Valais
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riffelsee and Riffelhorn.
Riffelsee
Lake
Riffelhorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Riffelhorn is a mountain in the Swiss section of the Pennine Alps, located south of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. The Riffelhorn forms part of the Gorner ridge and provides excellent rock climbing facilities having several routes of a different Climbing grades.
Riffelalp railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 above mean sea level. Riffelalp railway station is situated 1¼ km north of Riffelberg railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Furi.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain.
Furi
Hamlet
Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers.
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.
Riffelberg railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.99295° or 45° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
7.75508° or 7° 45′ 18″ eastElevation
2,582 metres (8,471 feet)Operator
GGBOpen location code
8FQ9XQV4+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 3110648198OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q17100114
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Riffelberg railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Riffelberg”
- Esperanto: “Riffelberg”
- French: “Riffelberg”
- German: “Bahnhof Riffelberg”
- Hungarian: “Riffelberg vasútállomás”
- Italian: “stazione di Riffelberg”
- Italian: “Stazione di Riffelberg”
- Korean: “리펠베르크역”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Riffelhaus 1853 Spa & wellness and Kapelle Riffelberg Bruder Klaus.
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