BERNINA EXPRESS

 

Experience one of the most spectacular ways to cross the Alps: The Albula and Bernina lines of the Rhaetian Railway.
This mountain railway connects northern and southern Europe without the use of any toothed-wheel mechanism. A particular high-point of the ride is the panoramic view from the Bernina Express, as it passes mighty glaciers on its descent to a land of swaying palms.

The Bernina Express is a close friend of all people in Veltlin.

The itinerary of this train begins in the middle in Veltlin (Tirano) and reaches the hearth of Engadina.
This is the most beautiful train in the world - that's what most people say.

This extraordinary itinerary starts in Tirano (you can reach Tirano by the Italian Railways Trenitalia from Milan). This train climbs without the help of cogwheels across Europe’s highest railway Alpine pass, the 2253-metre-high Bernina.
Passengers will experience an exclusivity in Brusio: an exposed helical tunnel. On its route, the Bernina Express passes by the gigantic Morteratsch glacier.

From Pontresina you can choose to go to St.Moritz or to Chur.

- ITINERARY  TIRANO – ST. MORITZ (Km. 60,6 - about 2h 30min)
We remind you to have valid id.document or passport. 

TIRANO (m. 429)
CAMPOCOLOGNO (m. 540) Custom
BRUSIO (m. 760) x
MIRALAGO x
LE PRESE (m. 965)
POSCHIAVO (m. 1.014)
CAVAGLIA (m. 1.693) x
ALP GRUM (m. 2.091)
OSPIZIO BERNINA (m. 2.253)
LAGALB x
DIAVOLEZZA (m. 2.093) x
BERNINA SUOT x
MORTERATSCH (m. 1.896) x
SURVOVAS x
PONTRESINA (m. 1.774)
CELERINA (m. 1.730) x
ST. MORITZ (m. 1.775)
stops (x) on request

…in winter…

Winter time offers you something else: a magic athmosphere. The red train climbs up to a magic world where the Alps are covered in snow and the the landscape is unforgettable.

100 years old!

In 2010 the Bernina Train is 100 years old! 

In 2008 the Albula and Bernina railway lines constitute the central element of the World Heritage. The Albula railway was completed in 1903, the Bernina railway in 1910. The Albula railway was constructed as a classic mountain railway for operation with steam engines. The layout of the line and the engineering structures built of locally quarried stone mark the zenith of the classic era of railway building.

The Bernina railway is an innovative adaptation of an electric overland railway with an exceptionally skilful layout in a high alpine landscape. Both railways link the Upper Engadin to international tourism and represent an ‘adventure experience’ for tourists.

Reputed specialists were engaged to construct the Albula railway (Thusis - St. Moritz). The layout of the route and all engineering structures were designed in compliance with the most advanced mountain railway construction standards of the day. The Albula railway was recognised as a masterpiece of engineering from the outset. The Bernina railway (St. Moritz - Tirano) immediately became the model for many projects throughout the Alps and the recognised standard for several railways that were built later. Today the Bernina railway is quite unique: it is the highest altitude transalpine railway and one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world.

The engineering structures of the Albula and Bernina lines (bridges, station buildings, signal complexes, tunnels and their portals) are in harmony with the striking topography. The choice of layout, in particular of the Bernina line, was largely motivated to highlight the attractions of the spectacular mountainscape for tourism. Both railways integrate buildings of the highest quality and conceptualise them in relation to the landscape, in terms of both their route layout and structures.