Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

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Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Glacier Express at Brig-Glis
Overview
Status	running daily the whole year
Owner	Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn AG (MGB)
Locale	Zermatt, Brig, Andermatt, Göschenen, Disentis/Mustér
Stations	44
Website	http://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/
Service
Type	commuter, tourists, freight
System	MGB, national railway network
Services	2
Operator(s)	MGB
Technical
Line length	144 km (89.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track with passing loops
Rack system	Abt assisted
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	11 kV 16.7 Hz
Highest elevation	1,564 m (5,131 ft)

The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn is a narrow gauge railway line and a railway company (Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn AG, MGB) in Switzerland. The track width is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ). The name comes from the Matterhorn and St. Gotthard Pass.

Its network is 144 km (89.5 mi) long and stretches from Disentis in the canton of Graubünden to Zermatt in the canton of Wallis, by way of the Oberalp Pass and Andermatt in the canton of Uri, the Furka Base Tunnel, Brig, and Visp. From Andermatt, a branch line (the formerly independent Schöllenenbahn) extends to Göschenen, at the northern end of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel.

The network is an adhesion railway but using Abt rack assistance on the steeper inclines.

Between Realp and Oberwald the line formerly crossed the Furka Pass, at a crest elevation of 2,162 m (7,093 ft) above sea level with a 1.87 km (1.16 mi) tunnel passing beneath the pass. This compares to a crest elevation of just 1,564 m (5,131 ft) above sea level in today's Furka Base Tunnel, which is 15.34 km (9.53 mi) long. The old line, the scenic route, which is very attractive to tourists, is operated by the Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (DFB) ("Furka Heritage Railway") using veteran steam engines.

There is a connection to the Rhaetian Railway in Disentis and the Glacier Express runs from Zermatt to St. Moritz, using stock from both companies.