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Train routes operated by Rhätische Bahn
3 routes · classic 1 · scenic 2
Rhätische Bahn runs 3 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 117 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Prättigau Line at 49 km; the fastest is the Vereina Car Shuttle, running up to 100 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1889.
The company itself dates to 1888, filed on Wikidata as a railway undertaking. What this page says about the company comes from Rhätische Bahn's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q177598 ↗
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- 3
- Total length
- 117 km
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Fastest
- Vereina Car Shuttle · 100 km/h
- Longest
- Prättigau Line · 49 km
- Oldest line here
- 1889
- Company founded
- 1888
- Type
- railway undertaking
Classic (1)
- Vereina Car Shuttle
Metre gauge under the Silvretta: cars loaded at Selfranga near Klosters and carried through the 19 km Vereina tunnel to the Engadine, open when the Flüela pass is shut.
Scenic (2)
- Prättigau Line
Metre-gauge Rhaetian track climbing the Prättigau from the Rhine valley at Landquart to the high spa town of Davos, open since 1890.
Wikipedia ↗ - Engadine Line
Metre gauge down the Lower Engadine from the Albula line at Bever to the spa at Scuol-Tarasp, opened in 1913 and never joined to Austria.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does Rhätische Bahn run?
3 of the routes in this atlas are Rhätische Bahn services, covering 117 km across 1 country (Switzerland). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Rhätische Bahn train?
The Vereina Car Shuttle, Klosters to Sagliains, at up to 100 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 19 min over 19 km.
Does Rhätische Bahn run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 3 Rhätische Bahn routes listed here are daytime services.
When was Rhätische Bahn founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1888, and files it as a railway undertaking. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1889 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Rhätische Bahn runs in
- 🇨🇭 Train routes in Switzerland 70 routes
Other operators in Switzerland
- SBB 16 routes
- BLS 4 routes
- Jungfraubahnen 2 routes
- Rhaetian Railway (RhB) 2 routes
- SBB · DB 2 routes
- Südostbahn 2 routes
- TPF 2 routes