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Rigi Railways (Steam Heritage)
Heritage railwayEurope's first mountain railway (1871), with heritage steam rack services to Rigi Kulm above Lake Lucerne.
- Operated by
- Heritage railway
- Line type
- Funicular / mountain
- Country
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Region
- Lucerne
- Gauge
- 1435 mm
- Preserved since
- Headquarters
- Vitznau
- Stations
Operating status
Operating — services running
The Vitznau–Rigi Bahn was the first mountain rack railway in Europe. Heritage steam locomotives still operate on the standard gauge rack line alongside modern electrics, climbing to the "Queen of the Mountains".
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