In this video, you can enjoy the winter cab ride - a train driver's view from Brig to Zermatt in Switzerland on the famous Glacier Express in the resolution of 4K/60 frames per second. Due to the short days in winter, the last part of the video is filmed in the dark.

Glacier Express (GEX), known as the “slowest express train in the world” is a direct eight-hour end-to-end connection between the 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.

The last part of the journey takes us to Zermatt (at 1605 m asl), just below the world-known Matterhorn mountain down to the Valais valley a thousand meters below. With the first successful climb of Matterhorn Peak in 1865 by Edward Whymper, Zermatt became a popular summer destination and ideas for construction of the railway line from Valais Valley to Zermatt began, resulting in the opening of the line from Visp to Zermatt in 1891. With the construction of the standard-gauge Simplon Tunnel in 1906 and the Lötschberg Railway in 1913, the number of travellers to Zermatt further increased, improved with the completion of electrification in 1929, closing the gap between Visp and Brig (to connect with the Furka-Overalp meter-gauge railway) in 1930 and all-year operation in 1933.

With the final connection of meter-gauge networks of Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ), Furka-Overalp (FO) and Rhaetian Railway (RhB) in 1930 first Glacier Express train took off on June 25th, 1930, operating since.

While the Brig extension and connection to neighbouring Furka-Oberalp Bahn (FO) were completed in 1930, the company remained Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ) all the way until 1962 when it included Brig in its name, to become Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ), with the BVZ merging with FO to form Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) as we know today in 2003.

Technically, the meter-gauge line is just below 45km long between Brig and Zermatt, with six rack rail sections using Abt of total length of 7,5km needed to cover the height difference of over 1000 meters from River Rotten/Rhone valley to Zermatt. The maximum inclination of adhesion route segments is rather normal at 25‰, while rack railway sections climb at 125‰. Many tunnels and especially snow protection galleries provide safety of the operation over the whole year (most interesting being the new Zermatt station built in 1989 with a massive shelter spanning most of the tracks, providing safe vehicle storage).

Thumbnail photo ©: David Gubler, rail.pictures.
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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: January 2024
◎ Start: BRIG MGB STATION Switzerland
◎ End: ZERMATT Switzerland
◎ Train: GLACIER EXPRESS
◎ Drive Time: 01:11:59
◎ Route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NUucno6qFfr8t...

0:00 Preview
01:15 BRIG MGB STATION
06:46 EYHOLZ
08:56 VISP MGB-BVZ STATION
17:59 STALDEN-SAAS
25:15 KALPETRAN
36:22 ST. NIKLAUS VS
44:28 HERBRIGGEN
55:31 RANDA
58:51 TÄSCH
01:11:10 ZERMATT

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