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to saint moritz. the elegant and extravagant ty, alpine resort town in switzerland, has long been a favorite among those who can afford it. it's a cradle of winter holiday fun. oh, it keeps traditions like the al, torn alive. oh oh oh oh oh.

oh oh oh. some visitors stay just one night, a stop over, so to speak, to be at the railway station in the morning. sanctemore, it's promotes itself as top of the world. and it's up here that one of the world's most famous train journeys begins the glacier express was set on the rails in 1930. it followed and still follows the tradition of pre world war one, luxury trains quietly, mechanically with common imp clathy, explain him lang's anthony, who could ebay hello at the warm welcome to the glacier express the slowest fast train in the world bourgeois. did you ever do glasses? blue? ha, happy that is pretty old. you mold the train takes its time. it needs about 8

hours to travel, 300 kilometers. but speed isn't the point. those who board the glacier express aren't in a hurry. they want to enjoy every moment of the journey. the route winds through the splendid alpine world of switzerland along the abeline line, 2 cor. from down in the rhine valley, the train makes a slow climb up to descent us under mud and brig. our further stations before the glacier express reaches its destination so much by the matterhorn. especially in winter, passengers can catch a glimpse of life in the mountains through the windows, the direct journey has existed for more than 88 years. after half an hour, the train reaches some aiden, one of the main towns in the ne dean region. back in the days when temperatures

still drastically dropped in winter, some aiden was considered one of the coldest places in switzerland. over the years, the attraction of the glacier express has somewhat paled. in particular, fewer german passengers come because of the strength of the swiss franc. in winter, the train is the only means to travel through the umbrella pass, which is otherwise closed from november to june. the train goes beneath it. in spin us, the route passes by the construction side for the new alba tunnel. the old tunnel opened in 19 o 3 at an altitude of around 1800 meters, which made it one of the highest tunnels. going through

a mountain in europe. parallel to the old tunnel at a distance of about 30 meters. construction of the new algola tunnel has been ongoing since 2015 miners work in a 3 shift system. the main method being used for advancing the tunnel is blasting. mm. a bit further up, the track lies what's known as the most beautiful spot in switzerland. swiss television. yours gave this monica to the mountain lake,

the lider pipe one year in 2007 for passengers. this is the 1st of many highlights along the glacier express route. set within this glorious alpine panorama, several spiral loops and tunnels or helical tunnels, help the train lose about 400 meters of altitude. this is done with such grace that the umbrella section is considered a masterpiece of railway construction. even those who aren't trained experts are impressed. train routing that's in perfect harmony with the landscape site. and so i got the algola root has been a eunice, go world cultural heritage side since 2008. and we're really proud of that.

the entrance to the spiral tunnel is up above and the exit further down. this happens several times along the route. the i, bola valley is always remote, but especially during winter when a pass is closed. idealized alpine life almost seems to be reality in the region like here in the swiss village of bag goon. there is no daily rush, just time and quiet. ah stunning scenery. and cow boonton, architecture. at times, the good can nearly look to it did like,

ah, ah, the gentle downward glide of the glacier express, fits right in. first of all, what do i try to drive the glacier express, especially smoothly so that nothing slides off the table during lunch, you give me 20 fold of it. that's a given for sandra. yeah. as long as the train is on time open, if we're allowed to slow down as we pass scenic points with his tongue to give people a chance to take nice vote awesome so far and also the photos numbers. so gaming of users been trained driving with a personalized touch and there's a lot worth photographing. the breathtaking scenery, or particularly on the umbrella section of the track. one of the many beautifully designed railway structures. one of the most famous is the curved land fossa viaduct. it said to be the most frequently photographed railway bridge in

switzerland. if not the world looking out of the panoramic windows, it's easy to see why unesco made this a world cultural heritage site. the organization describes it as an architectural and civil engineering achievement in harmony with the landscapes. 60 kilometers further, the world cultural heritage root ends in to sis. a special passenger sits at platform 2. she's a genuine cow boonton resident and has been waiting for the glacier express since 1995. ah

. the artist, the whole, but in them out created the lady at his studio nearby. ah . when a kinda read for when my children asked where's mom? i tell them she's at the station in to see, so please help me. i used my wife as a model because i've traveled with her a great deal for you guys. kind of my mom re gifford, octo and my husband asked me if i would sit for him as a model. i picked out an old long dress that i was dro hat and a few old suitcases. and then we set off out and i sat myself down once, if you lost good sold won't be not me, find cassettes. and there she still patiently sets, watching for the glacier express. after tuesdays the route is almost flat. but the winter mountain panorama

continues. even when its already spring and the valley during this stretch, the posterior rhine keeps the glacier express company. castles, bear witness to the areas historical significance as a transit route. before long passengers have reached another highlight of the journey, the source of one of europe's lifelines, the rhine, ah, at high chanel to tributaries the posterior rhine and the anterior rhine join to become the alpine rhine. ah

right next to the river stanza high, you know, castle. the property has been in the hands of one family for 7 generations, except for a few interruptions. ah, a good 10 minutes later the glacier express rolls into the oldest town in switzerland, cor, it's the capital of the canton of cowboy indian people have been living in the fertile valley of the alpine rine. for 3000 years. chua has a pleasantly quaint atmosphere. perhaps because of the many fountains, pubs, bars and cafes for a city of less than $40000.00 residents. there's quite

a lot on offer here. the fountains contribute to that. mm hm. but i think scott, can, we've got wonderful drinking water in this alpine town which can be drunk from a 135 fountains. high court is rich and that we have a lot of fountains and the water contains lots of minerals, medallion, and tit. there is now plenty of water aboard the glacier express to the train is divided here and takes on its final sequence of cars. many glacier express passengers only board the train in core

at $1126.00. it sets off for undamaged. ah. the trains galley is now working at full steam. the chef has little time and little space to prepare a great number of meals. my sometimes wear serving $150.00 males at the same time. so for about one or 2 hours were really working quite hard. this time the glacier expressed, travels in the opposite direction to cross the bridge over the posterior rhine near high canal for the driver and every one else on board. this marks the start of the unique journey through the whole we now a temp, which is what locals here called the rhine gorge between high canal and illinois.

for 13 kilometers the glacier express winds its way along the anterior rine tourists dubbed it the swiss grand canyon. it's a sight even the driver never grows tired of opening in terms of construction and nature. this is one of my favorite sections. it's hard not to appreciate this part of the journey. also for the passengers, who at this point have completed a 3rd of their alpine trip in the glacier express. ah, but the train also crosses political and cultural borders. if it goes through 3 can tones and the grub london, laurie and violet. oh, and we've got the languages, rita romance and german boy, so it's a train that goes through several language re genuine. have at this point we're

still in the canton of gall boonton in the sore silva area, which in rita romantic means above the woods. the tracks continue to run next to the interior rine. the trip is genuinely spectacular. the gorge is up to 400 meters deep. many places can only be reached on foot or via the railway. decent is most terr was stair comes from the latin word for monastery mon, a stereo. the town has always been important for the glacier express. the rails of the re sheehan or algola railway and here and the train gets a local motive from the matter horn. got our bond from here, the ascent to the oba. i'd pass the 1st cock wheel section begins with

hello muzzle massey the train will now climb 900 meters of altitude. by mid day. the train is above the snow line. elizabeth there's an interruption in operation towards the over at the past, even for the glacier express a few times a year, the section becomes impassable and the snow has to be removed with special equipment. we joined as snow removal team as they set to work at 5 am. guido, mom is responsible for safety on this part of the route has

not been on be seduce me. yesterday we had quite a bit of snow between 50 and 70 centimeters up on the mountain honda mega than because of the avalanche risk that was a bit too dangerous to her home to live in guns and bus. that's why we couldn't give the all clear for the whole pass this to get. my love will drive up to the dangerous section and see how things look. then i'll be robin will analyze the avalanche threat and then we'll see if we can open the past today. the bus, i gave him a rail yard at the over i pass is being cleared at 2033 meters above sea level. these tracks crossed the highest point on the route. they look up there, that's the 1st dangerous spot. the snow removal equipment from under much in the canton udi has also arrived red. i'm in a moment at around 8 am. that will make

a reconnaissance flight with the helicopter, but then we'll do some safety blasting. and after that, we'll decide when we can reopen the section, i gave him gordon. ensuring safety up here isn't easy. a team of specialists looks for dangerous spots that could pose a threat to the railway. any that are located or blasted avalanches are intentionally triggered. how the for me, those this section from national to shamaya can now be open to blue

skies and plenty of snow. perfect weather for a trained journey through the alps. untouched nature. during winter time, only the train crosses the border here between the cantons of cowboy indian and early we're approaching under much. from here you can see the game stalk ski area at an altitude of nearly 3000 meters. under much lies further down. what's hidden from view is that the mountains here in the gut todd pass are like swiss cheese. countless bunkers and tunnels have been drilled into them. ah, just passed and i'm at the oldest in valley begins the prolific german poet and writer johan voice gun from greater said that among all the places he knew it was

his favorite and most interesting the fork, a base tunnel starts emily up. the tunnel was opened in 1982 after that operations on the for cam mountain rail route, which turns off here were suspended or with hinds. zeiler forgot drove the glacier express back when it's still followed. the forecasts mountain brute. ah, he's also a model train enthusiast. the former engine man can't get enough of trains, hubert stricken, even offers look for you to bring the mountain route that i used to drive as an engineer could only be used from the end of may until mid or late october 8th. and

the rest of the year it was closed for the winter because of the huge amounts of snow into ferry involved. and i could also name austin louis, india, south of that's on the 4 occurs war that would be june. you or early july on phones you will go leaked, emma not even then there was still a little snow, says to our humble that's one of the mountain phenomena here. but you can also have snow in some on margin. a game con this can pose a threat with on him. then i was driving a commuter train with the engine in front when i drove into an avalanche and derailed and flies back in lieu of a year after operations were suspended on the mountain route. the association for the 4 come mountain route, steam railway, also known by the initials d, f. b was set up in 1983. it's aim was to maintain and run the railway.

most of those taking part, our volunteers, known as for niece. they work without pay, but with plenty of passion. ah ah ah, ah. my passengers are welcomed on the steam railway line from lee. i've to over fight. the journey has been possible since 2010. it took the railway fans about 3 decades to get the entire fork a mountain group ready a

proof of the saying patience pays off. many of the volunteers are real railway professionals. the swiss engine is from vintage to up at over 100 years old. the steam locomotive is part of the mountain roots inventory, but it was sold to vietnam in 1940. so in the early 1990 s, the df be brought it back. the rails on the stephanie bought bridge have become shorter again. for income from fairs covers only about half of the operating costs, so donations are always welcome the summer season up here is just 3

months long. still around $30000.00 railway fans enjoy this alpine steam experienced each year. the highlight is the forecast summit tunnel at 2163 meters when the glacier express 1st took to the rails in the 19 thirty's passengers could see the wrong glacier from the train. that's no longer possible. ah, this is the wrong glacier to day you should hear number on that this were standing at the edge of the rhone glacier, the glacier that gave its name to the glacier express. express like the 2012,

the tongue of the glacier was still down here by the lake's outflow. we'll get all the season let's since then it's lost more than 170 meters and michael ah, during the summer of 2017 alone the glacier last 8 meters in thickness. by the end of the century, it's estimated that only 10 percent of the glaciers will be left in switzerland. good. okay, give me the slugs in the future. we're going to have less precipitation here in the swiss alps in the summer, and that will have a range of impact and loss of your home. the ground water level will sink down in the wrong valley. you'd open up and we'll have less water for farming. energy supply and for tourism dolphin. then today's most around 90 years ago, the glacier express still rolled alongside the roan glacier. today, there's only grey stone to see a century and a half ago. the road glacier extended to here. tourists could easily walk to it

from the hotel by foot down in the oba vite, the north down dick train journey reaches the boundary of the canton of venice. this is also where the glacier express exits the 15.4 kilometer long, 4 cub based tunnel. and comes back into daylight. here. the rogue river is called the rotten ah the area is known as gums. next, the train travels over the grandiose via duct and further down towards break. the town is an international railway hub. par excellence

ah, but the town itself doesn't look like it. ah, yet bricks, central location brought affluence. this is most evident at stock. i palace. it said to be the largest, privately owned baroque building in switzerland. it's named after the man known as the foger of the alps. casper stock i bought he recognized briggs central transportation function and used it for trade. differently was looking for transit routes to crossed the elves and found them here. the great sun, bernhard, and simpler passes in ah, during the 30 years war,

the simpler past was a key artery between the great powers. to day, caspar stock about would be described as a war profiteer. he accumulated immeasurable wealth. in the mid 17th century, he even had a monopoly on salt and he increased his fortune through speculation. struck above lived by the sang suspects, lukewarm carpet gods favorite shall skim the prophets. today, his family line no longer exists. the shock up a palace isn't far from the train station where the glacier express is already waiting. ah ah ah.

our trip on this lowest express train in the world now takes us along the rhone valley in switzerland train have also always been important for tourism ah. the english middle france also did the english and the french some of home came on. the simpler orient, express explicit, wanted to get to the best. and of course, to surmount animal. and so, so a steam train was built from fisk to zermatt, relatively early on in 1891 ultimate that drew mountaineers leaf. they went on holiday up there and climbed the peaks on the back of your steven home. trains and tourism have long existed in a 2 way relationship as the route from brig. tis them up features really diverse landscapes, the facebook, the river is always flowing alongside the train and there are many bridges and tunnels. down here,

the train moves along quite quickly. the notebook bridge is a popular subject among photographers a short while later, the train driver has to reduce the speed. the steepest section at the glacier express route starts between us and, and she died in the cogs and gauge. during the ascent, special wine glasses are used it's a steep incline with a rise of 125 meters per kilometer. above

the rail line in this betty mina lies the highest vineyard. north of the main alpine rich ah grapes grow here at an altitude of up to 1150 meters. ready that of on board and just put that in mind making as a very old tradition here and vis for tammy. know, almost every family in the village has one or more parcels of land that are distributed over the entire ryan regions. i'm from down below and to write up talking to me that i haven't biscuit the holborn. the great variety is called haida in malaysian german. that means something like old an odd. but the wine is produced in a modern cooperative winery. the grapes are small and don't yield much in marketing, speak. the wine that's made from them is called the pearl of the alpine wines.

the height of a recall is special. it ages for up to 5 years in these original 225 leader oak barrels from france. the haida wine, aboard the glacier express ages here in good years. it contests at up to $100.00 on the extra scale. it frequently has an alcohol content of up to 14 percent, which is why hide a wine is also known as the bone breaker. drinking it is said to lead to feeling as if you can speak cleverly without end. are very happy and rich and had the strength of a giant and the glacier express. keeps on climbing. here is just a place to grow good wine. it's also home to its own breed of cattle, the very sure footed elena.

tripe walkers also have to be good on their feet. hello, hi mr. i'm checking a section and the section is from sarah mata to fest. not the at luncheon has another source of income besides his job with a railway. he moonlights as a farmer and breeds cattle that are typical of venice. the animals are strong, nimble, and well suited for the mountainous terrain cow fights where the cattle compete or a tourist attraction. but the cows are also very trusting and gentle with people. these days it's almost impossible to live just from raising animals. they have been called we're continuing our journey on the glacier

express. like a model railway, the train rules over bridges, along valleys and through tunnels. the train is still an important tourist attraction. pre pandemic, more than 200000 passengers, used it in a year. but the numbers have been dropping slightly over either for volleyball, travel behavior has changed on him before most would do the whole route from sun moritz to salmon. it's all the other way around. now the trend is to do shorter sections like because people just don't have that much time site. we call it the

world slowest express train. so it's there to help people slow down and more and more people have no time to take time. any more above styled in the glacier express rolls on. 425 kilometers through the matter valley to summit. untamed and craggy. this sections been immortalized in the guinness book of records. you can't see it from the train, but the matter valley is the deepest valley in the alps. it's surrounded by 33 mountains that rise up to heights of 3900 meters above sea level. a short way up the slopes. there's plenty of tranquillity to be found in another picturesque swiss village talbot is at an elevation of 1500 meters. tourists are rare here. ah.

our train ride takes us further through the matter valley. we're just about 10 kilometers from so much. mm hm. the landscape becomes spectacular again. and the matter of this book shows tourists, it's wild side near ronda. there were devastating rock slides in 1991, which also damaged the glacier express railway. it's estimated that masses a rubble with a volume 13 times that of the great pyramid of gisele slid into the valley, burying among other things, the rail line, which was then rebuilt in another place. some say worsening global warming is posing

a growing threat to the railway as well. a problem that isn't exclusive to the alps . one thing that shouldn't be missed on a trip is especially port grappa. wow. with no longer on the glacier express continues to climb higher. once past tash, the railway has a monopoly on transport to summit, the town has been closed to private automobile traffic since 1931. meaning the railway helps protect the nature here. this was a wise decision because without the train, mass tourism would never have been possible here. after 300 kilometers the glacier express has reached its final destination. the train has climbed 1000 meters in

elevation since it left click. summit is located at an elevation of nearly 1610 meters lu, appear the so called cathedral of rock. the matter horn is very close. ah. ah . these small vans are almost as typical ford samar as the view of the matter horizontal. there have reportedly been electric cars here since 1947. the electric bus business grew in the 1970s. before that horse drawn carriages were used to transport people. the usual auto traffic associated with mass tourism would simply be unimaginable here.

the most photographed mountain in the world is ever present. in sam, at its majestic appearance, has always had a magical pool on people when the mountain was 1st climbed in 18. $65.00, a chaplain was part of the team of mountaineers, yet tragically together with 3 other climbers. he fell to his death. since then, hardly a year has passed without a fatal mishap on the matter horn. yearly of 23000 people try to summit on its unique peak, its mass tourism at an elevation of 4478 meters to get even closer to the matter horn. those who know recommend taking a ride on the corner grot, with a gordon or grot railway. the station manager joins the 1st trip in the morning.

for many taking the corner, grat is the natural continuation of the journey on the glacier express. window spots can be hard to come by. the corner grouch railway was opened in $1898.00, and after the young fowl railway, it's the 2nd highest in europe. in just half an hour, the narrow gauge railway transports passengers into another world. if you're lucky you may even get to see sham law from up close. ah ah. ready even from the train, the view of the matter horn is divine and moving forward. ah, the matter horn is switzerland biggest tourist attraction ah

ah. ringback the gone, our garage railway climes 9 kilometer is at a slope of up to 20 percent. after all, there are about 1500 meters of elevation to surmount. located almost above the clouds, the governor garage railway was the 1st fully electrified cog railway in switzerland. it made a significant contribution to the development of so much for anyone who can visiting this world of alpine glaciers at least once, is well worth the trip. ah, and a trip on the glacier express should either begin or end with this view of the

matter horn. also called god's pyramid ah ah. but all about 20 y o this with attitude with 2 and a clear message called music as a means of transmission. oh, straight to the ah marks 21.

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