In this video, you can enjoy the cab ride - a train driver's view from Andermatt to Disentis-Mustér in Switzerland on the famous Glacier Express in the resolution of 4K/60 frames per second.

Glacier Express (GEX), known as the “slowest express train in the world” is a direct eight-hour end-to-end connection between major Swiss mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz. Operated by a joint-venture between Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) and Rhaetian Bahn (RhB) on the narrow (meter-gauge) railway network in the Swiss central Alps it provides (together with Bernina Express) scenic and exclusive experience.

Third part of our trip takes the Glacier Express train over the Operalp pass, a second part of the historic Furka-Oberalp railway connecting Brig (at the north portal of Simplon Tunnel) via Andermatt (connected by the north portal of Gotthard tunnel via Schöllenenbahn) with Disentis/Muster. From Andermatt we climb quickly on a zig-zagging rack railway section, rising 400 meters over just over 5 kilometers of distance. After reaching the Nätschen we gradually climb for 5 more kilometers to reach the highest point of the line at Oberalppass, at just over 2000 meters above sea level. After Oberalp, we descend through a series of tunnels and galleries into the valley of Vorderrhein (Rhein Anteriur) river, one of the two main sources of the river Rhine. Halfway on our descent, we pass Sedrun, a location of one access/evacuation shaft for Gotthard Base Tunnel (and a location of potential Porta Alpina station), reaching Disentis/Muster at just 1130 meters above sea level. At Disentis/Muster station we reach the network of RhB (Rhätische Bahn) to continue the next parts of our Glacier Express journey to Chur and St. Moritz. This is the slowest part of our journey, taking over an hour to cover just a 30-kilometer distance between Andermatt and Disentis/Muster, primarily due to the large number of rack rail sections on the 600-meter climb and 900-meter descent from the Oberalp pass.

Originally, a French company Brig-Furka-Disentis (BFD) railway built the first segment to just beyond Oberwald of the line before WW1 in 1914 paused and slowed further progress, until in 1925 Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) was formed to take over and complete the whole line by 1926 on it’s whole route from Brig to Andermatt (Furka section) and Andermatt to Diensis (Operalp section). With the connection to (Brig-)Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway in 1930 the first Glacier Express train took off on June 25th, 1930, operating since. In 2003. Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway merged with Brig-Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway to form Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) as we know it today.

Technically, Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway is just over 100km long from Brig to Disentis/Muster, with Andermatt being 2/3 of the way, operating as narrow-gauge (1000mm) single-track with passing loops and combination of adhesion (max 40‰) and rack sections with Abt system with max incline of 120‰. Like other lines in the MGB and RhB network, it uses unusual 11kV 16,7Hz electrification.

Thumbnail photo: Photographer David Gubler, rail.pictures.
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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: January 2024
◎ Start: ANDERMATT Switzerland
◎ End: DISENTIS/MUSTÉR Switzerland
◎ Train: MGB/FO HGE 4/4 II (SLM//BBC/ABB)
◎ Drive Time: 01:01:21
◎ Route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MhvsmLiR1a2zv...

0:00 Preview
00:58 ANDERMATT
10:00 NÄTSCHEN
20:53 OBERALPPASS
23:56 CALMOT TUNNELS AND GALLERY (2127M)
31:23 TSCHAMUT-SELVA
33:13 DESCENDING STEEPLY
40:15 DIENI
43:11 RUERAS
44:49 SEDRUN
47:07 BUGNEI
50:59 MUMPÉ TUJETSCH
54:02 SEGNAS
57:20 ACLA DA FONTAUNA
58:43 VAL DILS PUOZS
1:00:21 DISENTIS/MUSTÉR

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