Historedia
Group or institution

Gornergrat Railway Ltd

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1896–1898

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Gornergrat Railway Ltd, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Opening of the Gornergrat railway

    1896–1898

    Role: Operator

    1. 1896 · ZermattConstruction Start

      Work on the railway began in 1896, following the earlier connection of Zermatt to Visp by the Visp-Zermatt-Bahn.

    2. 20 August 1898 · GornergratOpening

      The line opened on August 20, 1898, becoming the first electric rack railway built in Switzerland.

Sources

  1. Gornergrat Railway Wikipedia, revision of 2025-07-15