Cab Ride Glacier Express Disentis-Mustér - Brig (Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, Switzerland) 4K

In this video, you can enjoy the cab ride - a train driver's view from Disentis-Mustér to Brig in Switzerland on the famous Glacier Express in the resolution of 4K/60 frames per second.

Glacier Express (GEX), known as the “slowest express train in the world” is a direct eight-hour end-to-end connection between major Swiss mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz. Operated by a joint-venture between Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) and Rhaetian Bahn (RhB) on the narrow (meter-gauge) railway network in the Swiss central Alps it provides (together with Bernina Express) scenic and exclusive experience.

This part of our trip takes the Glacier Express train over the Operalp pass. This is the slowest part of our journey, taking over an hour to cover just a 30-kilometer distance between Andermatt and Disentis/Muster, primarily due to the large number of rack rail sections on the 900-meter climb and 600-meter descent from the Oberalp pass.

Brig MGB station, endpoint of the original Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway, adjacent to the standard-gauge station of Brig operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) at the north portal of Simplon Tunnel connecting Switzerland and Italy since 1906. Furka Base Tunnel opened in 1982. Before opening of this 15,4-kilometer base tunnel, Furka-Oberalp railway crossed the Furka pass via old mountain railway (Bergstrecke) peaking at over 2000 meters which is today used as a tourist line during summer by Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (separate video available).

Originally, a French company Brig-Furka-Disentis (BFD) railway built a first segment to just beyond Oberwald of the line before WW1 in 1914 paused and slowed further progress, until in 1925 Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) was formed to take over and complete the whole line by 1926 on it’s whole route from Brig to Andermatt (Furka section) and Andermatt to Diensis (Operalp section). With the connection to (Brig-)Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway in 1930 the first Glacier Express train took off on June 25th, 1930, operating since. In 2003. Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway merged with Brig-Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway to form Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) as we know today.

Technically, Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway is just over 100km long from Brig to Disentis/Muster, with Andermatt being 2/3 of the way, operating as narrow-gauge (1000mm) single-track with passing loops and combination of adhesion (max 40‰) and rack sections with Abt system with max incline of 120‰. Like other lines in the MGB and RhB network, it uses unusual 11kV 16,7Hz electrification.

Thumbnail photo: Photographer David Gubler, rail.pictures.
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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: January 2024
◎ Start: Disentis-Mustér Switzerland
◎ End: Brig Switzerland
◎ Train: HGe 4/4
◎ Drive Time: 02:40:05
◎ Route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oBAtSWNwbftc7...

0:00 Preview
01:13 DISENTIS/MUSTÉR
04:41 ACLA DA FONTAUNA
07:18 SEGNAS
09:50 MUMPÉ TUJETSCH
13:46 BUGNEI
16:04 SEDRUN
17:58 RUERAS
19:30 DIENI
26:25 TSCHAMUT-SELVA
46:01 NÄTSCHEN
1:00:08 ANDERMATT
1:04:45 HOSPENTAL
1:11:41 REALP
1:15:46 FURKA BASE TUNNEL (15.442 M)
1:31:41 OBERWALD
1:34:10 OBERGESTELN
1:35:55 ULRICHEN
1:39:57 GESCHINEN
1:41:33 MÜNSTER
1:44:55 RECKINGEN
1:46:33 GLURINGEN
1:48:14 BIEL
1:50:13 BLITZINGEN
1:52:25 NIEDERWALD
1:59:39 FÜRGANGEN-BELLWALD
2:07:40 FIESCH
2:09:05 FERIENDORF
2:11:59 LAX
2:22:27 GRENGIOLS
2:26:05 BETTEN TALSTATION
2:30:36 MÖREL
2:35:22 BITSCH
2:39:01 BRIG MGB STATION

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