Riffelberg | |||||||||||
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| Location | Zermatt, Valais Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°59′35″N 7°45′18″E / 45.99306°N 7.75500°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 2,582 m (8,471 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Gornergrat Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gornergrat line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.47 km (4.02 mi) from Zermatt GGB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Gornergrat Railway | ||||||||||
| Connections | Ski resort | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 8501692 (RIBE) | ||||||||||
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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 (8,471 ft) above mean sea level.[1][2] It is the third highest station on the line and, considering only open-air railway stations, the third highest in Switzerland and Europe as well.
The Hotel Riffelberg is located at the station.[3]
- ^ "Betriebsdaten" [Operating data] (in German). Gornergratbahn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Hotel Riffelberg Zermatt-Matterhorn". Hotel Riffelberg. Retrieved 2014-06-01.