Rhätische Bahn - Rhaetian Railway 
Description
The Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railway) is a network of narrow gauge railways that provide almost all the rail services in the Graubünden Canton. Two of the lines (The Albula Line from Thusis to St. Moritz, and the Bernina Line from St. Moritz to Tirano) are UNESCO World Heritage listed due to their spectacular construction and stunning views - which include several times that the railway loops back on itself in spiral tunnels, on switchbacks up the sides of mountains and in the stunning Brusio Spiral - often used as the poster image for all Swiss railways. Services generally run hourly on all lines and connections between services are excellent. As with all Swiss railways there are the usual selection of single and return tickets, and discounted tickets if you purchase in advance and commit to a specific train. However journeys are still expensive with a return on the Bernina line coming in at over 50CHF for the cheapest most inflexible standard class ticket (2022 prices). If you want to guarantee a window seat then you'll want to be looking to book in 1st class in which case the same journey tops in over 110CHF. If you wanted to see all the different lines over a couple of days the total fares would come to over 330CHF on inflexible tickets with everything booked a couple of weeks in advance, rising to 400CHF for flexible standard class tickets and over 700CHF for first class (all prices from 2022). However, the railway offers a number of travelcards and railcards that allow unlimited travel on the whole of the Rhaetian Railway network along with the local buses in most of the towns on the line. I brought a 5 days in 14 (i.e. the ticket is valid for 14 days, but you can only travel on 5 days in that period) ticket for the whole region in 1st class for 240CHF (2022 prices). There are tickets for shorter periods or just for sections of the railway as well - check the website for the latest information and prices, but if you intend on doing just the Albula and Bernina lines you'll be saving money.
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Latitude: 46.964043; Longitude: 9.555687
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