Classic route
Vereina Car Shuttle
Klosters → Sagliains · Switzerland
Vereina Car Shuttle in pictures
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- Distance
- 19 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 19 min
- Average speed
- 60 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Rhätische Bahn
- Train
- RhB car-carrying wagons
- Countries
- Switzerland
- In service since
- 1999
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
How long is the Vereina Car Shuttle?
The Vereina Car Shuttle runs 19 km from Klosters to Sagliains.
How long does the Vereina Car Shuttle take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 19 min for the 19 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Vereina Car Shuttle?
Rhätische Bahn, with RhB car-carrying wagons.
How old is the Vereina Car Shuttle?
The line has been in service since 1999. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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