Metro Alpin

Local nameMetro Alpin
LocationAlps, Switzerland

The Metro Alpin is an underground funicular situated above the Swiss town of Saas Fee, in the canton of Valais. Opened in 1984, it links the Felskinn cable-car station on the shore of the Fee Glacier to the Mittelallalin in the north flank of the Allalinhorn. The Felskinn–Mittelallalin Tunnel has a length of 1,749 metres, with an altitude difference of 476 metres between the two stations.

The Metro Alpin is the highest funicular in the world. Being a fully underground railway, it is also considered the highest subway in the world.

Tags TunnelFunicular
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Alpin

Coordinates 46°3'46.458" N 7°54'39.676" E

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