It begins on the attractive stretch of the famous Glaciers Express at 8:48 am and ends in Tirano, Italy at 12:40 pm. With its 70 pro mille gradient, it is one of the steepest rail stretches in the world without cogwheel operation. Within just a few hours, travelers get a glimpse of every vegetation zone between the glaciers of the Piz Bernina (4,049 m above sea-level) and the palms of Tirano (429 m)
Place:
Journey by train: Chur - Tirano
How to get there:
Departure: from Chur or from any big train station
Opening hours:
The Bernina Express runs daily
Reservations necessary
Bernina-Express Chur
Chur - Tirano
Public Transport
Brienz: Brienzerrothorn
Brig: Glacier Express
Centovalli: Train
Chaumont: Funicular Railway
Chur: Bernina-Express
Engelberg: Titlis Rotair
Geneva: Cruises
Lucerne: Lake Lucerne
Lugano: Monte Brè
Lugano: Monte San Salvatore
Mürren: Schilthorn
Neuchatel: Cruise
Oberwald/Furka: Railway
Panoramic Express
Rigi: Kaltbad
Säntis: Schwägalp
Schaffhausen: Rhine Cruise
Solothurn-Biel: Aare Cruise
Stans: Stanserhorn
The Bernina Express travels the highest railway transversal in the Alps.
Contact Information
- Rhätische Bahn
Bahnhofstrasse 25
7002 Chur
Tel. +41 (0)81 254 91 04
contact@rhb.ch - www.rhb.ch