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Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn

First mountain rack railway in Europe, and the second in the world after Mount Washington

Type
Cog railway
From
Vitznau · 435 m
To
Rigi Kulm · 1 752 m
Vertical
1 317 m
Canton
Lucerne (extends into Schwyz)
Operator
Rigi Bahnen (Rigi Railways)

Source: en.wikipedia.org

47.0567° N 8.4856° E · Lucerne (extends into Schwyz)Relief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

Photographs

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Kabelleger, Falk2 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0

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