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Oberalp Pass
The highest point of the journey, more than 2,000 meters up, where the train crawls over a snowy pass.
- Open
- Year-round, by train
- Price
- Included in the fare
- Time Needed
- On the way
- Address
- Oberalppass station, 6490 AndermattDirections
- Getting There
- On the Glacier Express or the regional trains from Andermatt.
Why Go
Between Andermatt and Disentis, the train climbs in loops on a cogwheel track to the pass, between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. A replica lighthouse marks the source of the Rhine on the lake beside the line.
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