Scenic route
Rigi Railways
Vitznau → Rigi Kulm · Switzerland
- Distance
- 7 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 30 min
- Top speed
- 20 km/h
- Operator
- Rigi Bahnen
- Train
- Rack railway
- Countries
- Switzerland
- In service since
- 1871
Europe’s first mountain railway (1871) still ratchets up from Lake Lucerne to the Queen of the Mountains — Mark Twain rode it and wrote home about it.
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