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Bernina Railway

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
RhB ABe 4-4 III mit Bernina-Express am Lago Bianco.jpg
Two RhB ABe 4/4III multiple units with a Bernina Express train on the Bernina line, passing Lago Bianco
Location Italy and Switzerland
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Reference 1276
UNESCO region Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 2008 (32nd Session)
Bernina Railway
Winter scene near the top of the Bernina Pass.
Winter scene near the top of the Bernina Pass.
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System Rhaetian Railway
Status Open
Locale Engadin / Poschiavo,
Graubünden, Switzerland
Valtellina,
Province of Sondrio, Italy
Termini St. Moritz, Switzerland
Tirano, Italy
Stations 22
Services Bernina Pass
Website Rhaetian Railway
Operation
Opened 1 July 1908 / 5 July 1910
Owner Rhaetian Railway
Operator(s) Rhaetian Railway
Depot(s) Poschiavo
Technical
Line length 60.69 km (37.71 mi)
Number of tracks single track
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius 45 m (148 ft)
Electrification Overhead catenary,
1,000 V DC
Highest elevation 2,253 m (7,392 ft)
above sea level
Maximum incline 7%
Route map
0.000 km St. Moritz 1,775 m above the sea
Albula Railway to Thusis
Inn Viadukt64 m
Charnadüra II689 m
2.028 km Celerina Staz 1,716 m above the  sea
3.509 km Punt Muragl Staz 1,728.2 m above the  sea
Railway line from Samedan
5.788 km Pontresina 1,774 m above the  sea
7.257 km Surovas 1,822 m above the  sea
12.165 km Morteratsch 1,896 m above the  sea
Montebello Curve
15.716 km Bernina Suot 2,046 m above the  sea
16.800 km Bernina Diavolezza 2,082 m above the  sea
17.866 km Bernina Lagalb 2,099 m above the  sea
Lower Berninabach Bridge37 m
Upper Berninabach Bridge31 m
Profile error +357 m (Alp Bondo track laying)
Arlas-Galerie175 m
22.324 km Ospizio Bernina 2,253 m above the  sea
Scala Gallery140 m
Profile error −216 m (Scala track laying)
Sassal Mason Gallery I16 m
Scala192 m
Sassal Mason Gallery II348 m
Drago54 m
Sassal Mason Gallery III20 m
Grüm Gallery264 m
27.086 km Alp Grüm 2,091 m above the  sea
Upper Palü Gallery239 m
Palü254 m
Lower Palü Gallery347 m
Stablini289 m, incl galleries 334 m
29.505 km StabliniCrossing loop 1,934 m above the  sea
Upper Pila Gallery213 m

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