Riffelalp railway station

Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the and , at an altitude of 2,211 m above mean sea level.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Findelbach railway station and Riffelberg railway station.

Railway station
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Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated in the , in the , at an altitude of 1,770 m above mean sea level. is situated 660 metres northwest of Riffelalp railway station.

Railway station
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Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the and , at an altitude of 2,582 m above mean sea level. is situated 1¼ km south of Riffelalp railway station.

Museum
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The is a cultural-natural in whose main theme is the . 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. is situated 2 km north of Riffelalp railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riffelalp and Findeln.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the municipality of in the canton of . 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 mountain.

Locality
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is a group of hamlets above in the canton of . They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–– mountains.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the canton of . It is located above at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the .

Riffelalp railway station

Latitude
46.00481° or 46° 0′ 17″ north
Longitude
7.75396° or 7° 45′ 14″ east
Elevation
2,210 metres (7,251 feet)
Operator
GGB
Open location code
8FR92Q33+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 964538475
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q17100110
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Korean—“Riffelalp railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Riffelalp”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ريفيلالپ”
  • Esperanto: “Riffelalp”
  • French: “Riffelalp”
  • German: “Bahnhof Riffelalp”
  • Hungarian: “Riffelalp vasútállomás”
  • Italian: “stazione di Riffelalp”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Riffelalp”
  • Korean: “리펠알프역”

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Highlights include Bahnhof Findelbach and Brunnen.

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