Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn - Definition

The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. The track width is 1000 mm (1 meter). It was created in 2003 by amalgamation of Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ).

The network is 144 km long and reaches from Disentis in the Canton of Graubünden and over the Oberalp Pass and Andermatt in the Canton of Uri (with another line in Göschenen). over Realp and into the Furka Tunnel near Oberwald in the Canton of Wallis, Brig and Visp and into Zermatt beneath the Matterhorn.

There is a connection to the Rhätische Bahn in Disentis and the Glacier Express to St. Moritz.

External links

• Fotos von der Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn in BahnGalerie ( www.bahngalerie.de ) (http://www.bahngalerie.de/bahn/mgb.htm) (in German)