Rotenboden railway station

Rotenboden 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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Riffelsee and Riffelhorn.

Riffelsee

Lake

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Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

Riffelhorn

Peak

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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.

Gornergrat

Scenic viewpoint

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The Gornergrat is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway, the highest open-air railway in Europe. Gornergrat is situated 1½ km east of Rotenboden railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riffelalp and Findeln.

Riffelalp

Hamlet

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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.

Findeln

Locality

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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. Findeln is situated 3 km north of Rotenboden railway station.

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. Furi is situated 3½ km northwest of Rotenboden railway station.

Rotenboden railway station

Type: Railway stop
Description: railway station on the Gornergrat railway in the Swiss canton of Valais
Categories: railway station, station located on surface, and transport
Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.98451° or 45° 59′ 4″ north

Longitude

7.76524° or 7° 45′ 55″ east

Elevation

2,819 metres (9,249 feet)

Operator

GGB

Open location code

8FQ9XQM8+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3110648199

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=halt

Wikidata ID

Q15144803

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Korean—“Rotenboden railway station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Rotenboden”
Esperanto: “Rotenboden”
French: “Rotenboden”
German: “Bahnhof Rotenboden”
Hungarian: “Rotenboden vasútállomás”
Italian: “stazione di Rotenboden”
Italian: “Stazione di Rotenboden”
Japanese: “ローテンボーデン駅”
Korean: “로텐보덴역”
“Rotenboden”

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Highlights: Photo Spot #6 and Alpine Garden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Rotenboden and Rotenboden.

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