🚂 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes — Bernina Line (St. Moritz)
UNESCO World Heritage alpine railway crossing, Switzerland to Italy
📋 Fast Facts
- Highest railway crossing in the Alps at 2,253 metres (7,392 feet) at Ospizio Bernina station
- UNESCO World Heritage Site covering 122 kilometres from Thusis to Tirano
- Features 196 bridges, 55 tunnels, and crosses 13 tunnels on the Bernina Line alone
- Operates year-round with the Bernina Express as the signature panoramic service
The Bernina Line is a spectacular railway crossing the Alps, connecting St. Moritz in Switzerland with Tirano in Italy. As part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, the route represents a masterpiece of early 20th-century civil engineering and environmental integration. The line traverses some of Europe's most dramatic alpine terrain, reaching the continent's highest adhesion railway crossing ...