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{{Short description|Swiss transport company}}
{{Coord|46|24|32|N|10|1|11|E|region:CH-GR_scale:250000|display=title}}
{{Infobox rail line
|name             = Rhaetian Railway

|native_name      = Rhätische Bahn, Ferrovia retica, Viafier retica
|native_name_lang = de, it, rm

|color            = FD0010

|logo             = N rhb dreisprachig logo 4c.svg
|logo_width       = 200
|image            = RhB ABe 8-12 Allegra between Lagalb and Ospizio Bernina.jpg
|image_width      = 280px
|caption          = [[Stadler Allegra]] approaching the [[Bernina Pass]].

|owner            = Rhätische Bahn [[Aktiengesellschaft|AG]]
|status           = operating

|locale           = [[Canton of Grisons]], Switzerland, Lombardy, Italy
|open             = 1888

|stations         = 102

|type             = Commuter and heavy rail

|system           =
|routes           = 10

|ridership2       = 12 Million per year

|linelength_km    = 385
|character        = Mountain railway

|gauge            = {{Track gauge|Metre gauge}}
|electrification  = 11 [[Volt|kV]] {{frac|16|2|3}} [[Hertz|Hz]] (322 km)<br />1000 V [[Direct current|DC]] (62 km, Bernina line)

|speed_km/h       = 100

|signalling       =
|elevation_m      = 2254

|map              = [[File:MapRhaetischeBahn.svg|200px|alt=route map]]

|website          = {{URL|www.rhb.ch}}
}}
The '''Rhaetian Railway''' ({{langx|de|Rhätische Bahn}}; {{langx|it|Ferrovia retica}}; {{langx|rm|Viafier retica}}), abbreviated '''RhB''', is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in [[Switzerland]]. Headquartered in [[Chur]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rhb.ch/en/home |title=Home |publisher=Rhaetian Railway |accessdate=2022-02-02 |quote=Rhätische Bahn AG, Bahnhofstrasse 25, CH-7001 Chur}}</ref> the RhB operates all the railway lines of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|Swiss canton]] of [[canton of Grisons|Grisons]], except for the line from [[Sargans]] to the cantonal capital, Chur, which are operated by [[Swiss Federal Railways]] (SBB&nbsp;CFF&nbsp;FFS), as well as the line from [[Disentis/Mustér]] to the [[Oberalp Pass]] and further on to [[Andermatt]], [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], which is operated by [[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn]] (MGB). Inaugurated in 1888 and expanded from 1896 onwards in various sections, the RhB network is located almost entirely within Grisons, with one station across the [[Italy–Switzerland border|Italian border]] at [[Tirano (Rhaetian Railway station)|Tirano]].

The Rhaetian Railway serves a number of major tourist destinations, such as [[St. Moritz]] and [[Davos]]. One of the RhB lines, the [[Bernina Railway]], crosses the [[Bernina Pass]] at {{convert|2254|m|ft|0}} above sea level and runs down to Tirano, [[Lombardy]] in Italy.

In 2008, the RhB section from the [[Albula Railway|Albula]]/[[Bernina Railway|Bernina]] area (the part from [[Thusis]] to [[Tirano]], including [[St. Moritz]]) was added to the list of [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s. The Albula-Bernina line is the first rail line in the world to be photographed and put on [[Google Street View]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/street-view-hits-stunning-swiss-alps.html |title=Street View hits the stunning Swiss Alps railways |publisher=Google Official Blog |date=20 October 2011 |access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> The line also operates several historic trains on the network.<ref>[https://www.rhb.ch/en/world-of-railway-experiences/steam-nostalgic-rides Steam - & Nostalgic rides], Rhaetian Railway</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Category:Rhaetian Railway lines|Category:Rhaetian Railway stations}}
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 | name            = Rhaetian Railway
 | image           = 
 | image_width     = 250px
 | caption         = 
 | gauge           = {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}}
 | electrification = 11 [[Volt|kV]] {{frac|16|2|3}} [[Hertz|Hz]] (322 km)<br />1000 V [[Direct current|DC]] (62 km, Bernina line) 
 | maxincline      = Bernina line: 7%
 | racksystem      = None 
 | map             = {{Rhaetian Railway RDT}}
 | map_state       = collapsed
}}

The establishment of the Rhaetian Railway traces back to [[Willem Jan Holsboer]], a [[Dutch people|Dutch]]man who owned a hotel in Davos.<ref name=EB133>{{citation | title = Die Überschienung der Alpen | language = de | page = 133 | first = Erhard | last = Born | date = 1983 | isbn = 3-921564-60-3 | publisher = Steiger Verlag | location = [[Moers]], [[East Germany]] }}</ref> He proposed a railway line from [[Landquart, Switzerland|Landquart]] to [[Davos]] in 1888.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y989HQAACAAJ |title=Heimatbuch Thusis, Viamala |publisher=Verkehrsverein |year=1973 |pages=206 |language=de}}</ref> Holsboer founded the Landquart-Davos AG to begin construction of a standard-gauge line, but the mountainous terrain lacked sufficient space. On 29 June 1888, a ground-breaking ceremony took place for a narrow-gauge railway instead. By 1890, the railway line served Davos.<ref name=":0" />

In 1895, Holsboer changed his company's name to the Rhaetian Railway ({{Lang|de|Rhätische Bahn}}) to reflect his plans for network expansion. By 1896 the lines Chur–Landquart and Chur–Thusis were operated.<ref name=":0" /> In 1897, a referendum was held for the Rhaetian Railway to bid on operations of the Graubünden/Grisons State Railways.

This was followed by the Albula line in 1903 and the series of expansion projects carried on until 1922. In 1903 the Albula line reached [[Celerina/Schlarigna|Celerina]], and in 1904 also St.Moritz was able to be served.<ref name=":0" /> During the years 1907 to 1910, the Rhaetian Railway, in collaboration with the federal and cantonal governments, undertook a large-scale expansion of its network.

All RhB lines are {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} wide and electrified:
* {{convert|61|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (the [[Bernina Railway]] from St Moritz to Tirano) is electrified at 1000 V DC.
* {{convert|321|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} is electrified at 11 kV 16.7&nbsp;Hz (including since 1997 Chur-Arosa and the new Vereina tunnel).

The network contains 84 tunnels (the longest being the {{convert|19.042|km|mi|3|adj=on}} [[Vereina Tunnel]], opened on 19 November 1999, and the {{convert|5.864|km|mi|3|adj=on}} [[Albula Tunnel]]) and 383 bridges. The [[Grade (slope)|maximum gradient]] is 7% on the [[Bernina railway]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebepe.com/html/berninaline.html|title=The Rhaetian Railway - Bernina Railroad|website=www.ebepe.com}}</ref> 6% on the Chur–Arosa line and 4.5% on Landquart–Davos line.

In 2022, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Switzerland's first railway, the Rhaetische Bahn, supported by Swiss train-builder Stadler, came together to run the world's longest-ever passenger train, composed of 100 cars stretching almost two kilometres long.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Ben Jones |title=Why Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-record-train-switzerland/index.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=CNN |date=30 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Network==

The Rhaetian Railway operates a 385-kilometre-long railway network with 10 railway lines and 102 stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhb.ch/de/service-souvenirs/streckennetz|title=Rail network|language=de|publisher=Rhaetian Railway |accessdate=2025-01-10}}</ref>

In 2002 the annual traffic carried by the RhB was 300&nbsp;million [[passenger-kilometre]]s and 54&nbsp;million [[tonne-kilometre]]s of freight. 80% of the passenger income comes from tourist traffic, although 40% of passengers are local commuters.

===Current lines===
====Landquart–Davos line====
{{main|Landquart–Davos Platz railway}}
[[File:RhB Küblis-Saas.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 I|Ge 4/4 <sup>I</sup>]] with [[push–pull train]] and two extra coaches shortly before arriving in Saas. Küblis is visible in the valley at left.]]
[[Landquart railway station]] in [[Graubünden]] is the starting point of the Rhaetian Railway, historically as part of the Landquart-Davos line, operationally as the company's main workshop, and topologically as the 0&nbsp;kilometre point of the company's core network.  The Landquart-Davos line is the oldest in the Rhaetian Railway network.

After leaving Landquart, the line to Davos generally follows the river [[Landquart (river)|Landquart]] upstream as far as [[Klosters (Rhaetian Railway station)|Klosters Platz]]. Along the way, it crosses the river three times and passes by the award-winning [[Sunniberg Bridge]], the centerpiece of the Klosters bypass road.

Just south of Klosters Platz, the tracks cross the river the last time and come to two tunnels. One of these is for the Vereina line (see below). The other, the Klosters [[Spiral (railway)|loop tunnel]], takes the Davos line  through a 90-degree loop towards the west.  The line to Davos begins to climb at 4.5% gradient and then loops 180 degrees back towards the east, inside the Cavadürli loop tunnel. It continues to climb through dense [[larch]] and other [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] [[forest]]s to the [[Davos Laret (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Laret]].

The highest point on the line is the next stop, [[Davos Wolfgang (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Wolfgang]] at {{convert|1625 
|m|abbr=on}}. Then the line leads back down and along [[Lake Davos]] to [[Davos Dorf (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Dorf]], and the terminus at [[Davos Platz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Platz]].

====Davos–Filisur line====
{{main|Davos Platz–Filisur railway}}
The connecting line from Davos Platz to the [[Albula Railway]] at [[Filisur (Rhaetian Railway station)|Filisur]] passes through wild gorges, and is technically very interesting, not only due to its famous [[Wiesen Viaduct]].{{Editorializing|date=August 2021}}

The Davos–Filisur line is {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, runs through 14 tunnels extending a total of {{convert|4200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in length, and crosses 28 bridges.  It was [[Railway electrification system|electrified]] in 1919.

====Landquart–Thusis line====
{{main|Landquart–Thusis railway}}
[[File:Glacier-Express zwischen Reichenau-Tamins und Bonaduz.jpg|thumb|right|Glacier Express between [[Reichenau-Tamins (Rhaetian Railway station)|Reichenau-Tamins]] and [[Bonaduz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bonaduz]].]]
Starting in the Rhine valley, the Landquart-Thusis line runs more or less parallel with the [[Swiss Federal Railways]]' [[Sargans]]-[[Landquart (Rhaetian Railway station)|Landquart]]-[[Chur]] [[standard gauge]] line as far as [[Chur railway station|Chur]] (elevation {{convert|585|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}).  The line to Thusis then simply follows the course of the [[Rhine]] to [[Bonaduz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bonaduz]] ({{convert|655|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}). From there, it enters the Domleschg Valley and follows the [[Hinterrhein (river)|Posterior Rhine]] from [[Rhäzüns (Rhaetian Railway station)|Rhäzüns]] ({{convert|658|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}) to [[Thusis (Rhaetian Railway station)|Thusis]] ({{convert|697|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}).

====Albula line  (Thusis–St. Moritz)====
{{main|Albula Railway}}
{{See also|Albula Tunnel}}
This line begins in [[Thusis (Rhaetian Railway station)|Thusis]] (elevation {{Convert|697|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}).  It continues toward [[Tiefencastel (Rhaetian Railway station)|Tiefencastel]] ({{Convert|851|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) following the [[Albula (river)|Albula]] and then crosses the [[Landwasser Viaduct]] before arriving at [[Filisur (Rhaetian Railway station)|Filisur]] ({{Convert|1032|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}). Shortly after Filisur the line passes its first [[Spiral (railway)|spiral]] tunnel then continues to [[Bergün/Bravuogn (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bergün/Bravuogn]] ({{Convert|1373|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}).

Between Bergün/Bravuogn and [[Preda (Rhaetian Railway station)|Preda]] ({{Convert|1789|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}), at the end of the valley, the line has to achieve a difference in height of about {{Convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}} within a horizontal distance of {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}}, without using [[Rack railway|rack-and-pinion]], but with many spirals. Then the line enters the [[Albula Tunnel]] at 1,815 metres under the [[Albula Pass]]. It emerges in the Val Bever, where it reaches [[Bever (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bever]] ({{Convert|1708|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) on the [[Engadin]] plain. The line continues toward [[Samedan (Rhaetian Railway station)|Samedan]] ({{Convert|1721|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) and arrives at [[St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)|St. Moritz]] ({{Convert|1775|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}).

In 2009 it was announced that an examination of the [[Albula Tunnel]] conducted in 2006 had found major degradation of the tunnel, with over 60% of the lining in need of replacement. Furthermore, the bores are [[Structure gauge|small]] by modern standards, and cabling, signalling and drainage all need replacement. As a result, it was announced that an inquiry would decide between two options for action: a comprehensive renewal of the existing tunnel, or the construction of a new bore to modern standards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2009/02/9361/rhb_studies_albula_tunnel_replacement.html |title=Railway Gazette: RhB studies Albula tunnel replacement |website=www.railwaygazette.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608044146/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2009/02/9361/rhb_studies_albula_tunnel_replacement.html |archive-date=2009-06-08}}</ref> As a result of this inquiry, RhB decided to build a new tunnel. Construction began in 2015, with the new tunnel opening in 2022 and the project completed including refurbishment of the old tunnel in 2023.

====Samedan–Pontresina line====
{{main|Samedan–Pontresina railway}}

====Reichenau–Disentis/Mustér line====
{{main|Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér railway}}
[[File:Glacier Express in der Vorderrheinschlucht.jpg|thumb|left|Two Glacier Expresses coupled together run through the Rhine gorge.]]
The Reichenau to [[Disentis/Mustér railway station|Disentis/Mustér]] line links the rest of the Rhaetian Railway network with the [[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn]].  It branches from the line to Thusis behind the shared Rhine bridge.

The line, which was opened progressively between 1903 and 1912, has been electrified since 1922.

In contrast with the accompanying road, which rises about {{Convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}} towards [[Flims]] and [[Laax]], the railway to Disentis/Mustér runs slowly up the narrow "[[Ruinaulta]] [[Canyon|gorge]]". On this part of the line, its associated engineering structures dominate the otherwise pristine natural landscape.

At [[Ilanz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Ilanz]], the railway line and road merge paths once again.  Their combined pathways then rise slowly and evenly to Disentis/Mustér.

The main traffic on the Reichenau–Disentis/Mustér line is [[RegioExpress]] passenger trains operating at hourly intervals.  Several times a day, there are [[Glacier Express]] trains in each direction.

Timetabled [[goods train]]s also operate on the line to serve industry in the Vorderrhein area and supplied cement for the construction of the normal gauge [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]] with train IDs starting with 5. Usually three pairs of trains serve Disentis/Mustér with a Ge 6/6 II and a few additional trains go only to Ilanz with a Ge 4/4 II.

====Engadin line (Pontresina–Scuol-Tarasp)====
{{main|Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway|Samedan–Pontresina railway}}
[[File:RhB-Pendelzug auf der Engadiner Linie.jpg|thumb|right|A push-pull train typical of the Engadin line, near [[Zuoz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Zuoz]].]]
This line, which runs up the [[Engadin]] valley, was constructed in two stages. The [[Samedan–Pontresina railway|Samedan–Pontresina section]] was opened on by the Rhaetian Railway on 1 July 1908, simultaneously with the Pontresina–[[Morteratsch (Rhaetian Railway station)|Morteratsch]] section, which formed part of the then-independent Bernina Railway. The actual [[Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway|Engadine line]], between [[Bever (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bever]] and [[Scuol-Tarasp (Rhaetian Railway station)|Scuol-Tarasp]], was opened on 1 July 1913, and was the first Rhaetian Railway line to be electrified from the start at 11 kV {{frac|16|2|3}} Hz [[Alternating current|AC]].

Since the opening of the Engadin line, Pontresina has been a dual system station, as the Bernina Railway operates on 1,000 V [[direct current|DC]].  Track 3 at Pontresina station has a switchable catenary, and is used for trains, such as the ''Heidi Express'', operating through the station and needing to change from one of the two electification systems to the other.

Between Samedan and Bever, the Engadin line shares its track with the Albula Railway.  With the opening of the [[Vereina Tunnel]] and line in November 1999, the Engadin line, at both Lavin ([[Sagliains (Rhaetian Railway station)|Sagliains]] [[car shuttle train]] station) and [[Susch]] (Sasslatsch II car shuttle train station), acquired a direct connection to the [[Prättigau]] at [[Klosters (Rhaetian Railway station)|Klosters]], on the Landquart–Davos line.

====Bernina line (St. Moritz–Tirano)====
{{main|Bernina railway}}
[[File:Swiss Rail Rhb ABe 4 4.jpg|thumb|Historic train operated on the Bernina line]]
This line begins at [[St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)|St.Moritz]] and runs towards [[Pontresina (Rhaetian Railway station)|Pontresina]] (elevation {{Convert|1774|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) in Val Bernina. It ascends progressively through the valley to the [[Bernina Pass]] over the [[Morteratsch (Rhaetian Railway station)|Morteratsch station]] ({{Convert|1896|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) (with the [[Morteratsch Glacier]] and [[Piz Bernina]], the highest summit of the [[Eastern Alps]], in sight). After Morteratsch, the line runs towards [[Bernina Diavolezza (Rhaetian Railway station)|Bernina Diavolezza]] ({{Convert|2093|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}), where an aerial tramway leads to [[Diavolezza]], and [[Ospizio Bernina (Rhaetian Railway station)|Ospizio Bernina]] station. This station, next to [[Lago Bianco]], stands at the line's summit at {{Convert|2253|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea and holds the title of the highest point of the entire Rhetian Railway network and among all adhesion railways in Europe.

[[Alp Grüm (Rhaetian Railway station)|Alp Grüm]] ({{Convert|2091|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) is the first station to the immediate south of the summit. It is situated above [[Lago Palü]] and right below [[Piz Palü]] and [[Palü Glacier]]. After negotiating many [[hairpin turn]]s, the line reaches [[Cavaglia (Rhaetian Railway station)|Cavaglia]] ({{Convert|1693|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) above [[Val Poschiavo]]; after that, the line descends across the valley towards the Swiss [[Italian language|Italian]]-speaking town of [[Poschiavo (Rhaetian Railway station)|Poschiavo]] ({{Convert|1014|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}).

After Poschiavo, the line runs next to [[Lake Poschiavo|Lago Poschiavo]] and calls at [[Le Prese (Rhaetian Railway station)|Le Prese]] ({{Convert|964|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) and [[Miralago (Rhaetian Railway station)|Miralago]] ({{Convert|965|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}). The descent continues towards [[Brusio]] ({{Convert|780|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}), after which the line runs across the famous spiral bridge, [[Brusio spiral viaduct|Brusio Viaduct]]. After the spiral bridge, the line passes through the Swiss border town of [[Campocologno (Rhaetian Railway station)|Campocologno]] ({{Convert|553|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) before entering Italy at [[Tirano (Rhaetian Railway station)|Tirano RhB]] station ({{Convert|430|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}).

====Arosa line (Chur–Arosa)====
{{main|Chur–Arosa railway}}

[[File:Chur-Arosa-Bahn in Chur.jpg|thumb|left|An Arosa line train pulled by a [[Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/4 II|Ge 4/4 <sup>II</sup>]] electric locomotive on Engadinstrasse (part of the ''Stadtbahn'') in Chur.]]
The {{convert|25.68|km|mi|adj=on}} railway line from [[Chur]] to [[Arosa]] is known as the {{Lang|de|Arosabahn}} (or {{Lang|de|Arosa-Bahn}}), and is often abbreviated as "ChA" (Chur-Arosa). Work began in 1912 on the route and the line opened on 12 December 1914. The railway leads up from Chur to Arosa (a total climb of {{convert|1155|m|ft|0|abbr=on|disp=or}}) via a number of tunnels, bridges and other structures, including the [[Langwieser Viaduct]] - a structure of national importance. In 1942 the line became part of the RhB company and network; however the line ran on a separate electric system to the remainder of the network until 1997. Before then it was 2400&nbsp;V [[Direct current|DC]] - now it is 11&nbsp;kV 16.7&nbsp;Hz [[Alternating current|AC]]. The [[rail gauge|gauge]] has always been {{RailGauge|1000mm}} as per the rest of the RhB network.

It is a [[Single track (rail)|single track]] railway, with the exception of a short double track section along Engadinstrasse in Chur, with a number of [[passing loop]]s along the route: at all stations with the exception of Chur Stadt (and formerly Sassal), as well as at Chur Sand depot and at Haspelgrube near Arosa. The [[Grade (slope)|maximum incline]] is 6% but there is no [[Rack railway|rack-and-pinion]] used.

[[Chur Stadt (Rhaetian Railway station)#Stadtbahn|A short section]] of the line runs [[street running|along the streets]] of Chur and is known as the Chur {{Lang|de|stadtbahn}} ('town railway'). In Chur, the line starts on Bahnhofplatz, in front of the main railway station, where that station's platforms for the Arosabahn are, though there is a second stop in Chur only {{Convert|760|m|ft|abbr=on}} from the main station.

A {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} tunnel through the Mittenberg had been planned as an alternative route for the lower section of the line, avoiding running through the centre of Chur. This plan was finally dropped in 1996 as the considerable expense could not be justified.

The line is well used by tourists coming to and from the resort at Arosa. The line also carries a substantial amount of freight.

====Vereina line (Klosters–Sagliains/Susch)====
{{main|Vereina Tunnel}}

===Former lines===
====Bellinzona–Mesocco line====
{{main|Bellinzona–Mesocco railway}}
[[Bellinzona–Mesocco railway|This line]] is not connected to the others. It opened in 1907 and was owned by the Rhaetian Railway between 1942 and 2003. Passenger services ceased in 1972, but a limited freight traffic continued until 2003. The private association (SEFT, Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico) operated it as a [[heritage railway]] for tourists over {{convert|13|km}} of the original {{convert|31|km}} of line until part of the concession was withdrawn in 2013 to allow road construction. The road construction had been started in July 2014.<ref>[https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/46%C2%B014'16.1%22N+9%C2%B006'56.6%22E/@46.2378098,9.1135205,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d46.2378098!4d9.1157092 Road construntion] google map {{coord|46|14|16.1|N|9|6|56.6|E|type:landmark}}</ref>
<gallery class="center">
file:Moesa Roveredo.jpg|Moesa III bridge {{coord|46|14|16|N|9|7|54|E|type:landmark}}
file:Ferrovia Bellinzona-Mesocco2.jpeg|Cama station {{coord|46|16|21|N|9|10|09|E|type:railwaystation}}
file:Soazza03.JPG|Soazza station {{coord|46|22|02.8|N|9|13|22.5|E|type:railwaystation}}
file:Bahnhof Mesocco.JPG|[[Mesocco]] station {{coord|46|23|24.7|N|9|14|02.3|E|type:railwaystation}}
</gallery>

===Passenger services===

The RhB operates regular [[InterRegio]] (IR), [[RegioExpress]] (RE), and [[Regional rail|Regio]] (R) services, as well as the [[Chur S-Bahn]]. In addition, two [[Panorama Express]] (PE) services are operated on the Rhaetian Railway network, namely the
* [[Bernina Express]] (Chur / St. Moritz – Tirano),
* [[Glacier Express]] (Zermatt – Andermatt – Chur – St. Moritz),
of which the former is operated by the RhB, and the latter is jointly owned and operated by the RhB and the [[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glacierexpress.ch/en/about-us|title=About us|publisher=The Glacier Express|accessdate=2025-01-10}}</ref>

The regular daytime passenger services (as of December 2024) are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhb.ch/en/service-souvenirs/rail-network|title=Rail network|publisher=Rhaetian Railway|accessdate=2025-01-10}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! Timetable No.
! colspan="2" | Service
! colspan="2" | Route
! Frequency
! Notes
|-
|rowspan="4"| 910/915 ||rowspan="2"| '''RE13''' || '''RE1''' ||rowspan="2"| [[Landquart railway station|Landquart]] – [[Schiers (Rhaetian Railway station)|Schiers]] – [[Klosters Platz railway station|Klosters Platz]] – || [[Davos Platz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Platz]] – [[Filisur (Rhaetian Railway station)|Filisur]] ||rowspan="2"| Hourly ||rowspan="2"| Services divide/couple at Klosters Platz
|-
| '''RE3''' || [[Zernez (Rhaetian Railway station)|Zernez]] – [[Samedan (Rhaetian Railway station)|Samedan]] – [[St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)|St. Moritz]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| '''RE24''' || '''RE2''' ||rowspan="2"| [[Landquart railway station|Landquart]] – [[Schiers (Rhaetian Railway station)|Schiers]] – [[Klosters Platz railway station|Klosters Platz]] – || [[Davos Platz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Davos Platz]] ||rowspan="2"| Hourly ||rowspan="2"| Services divide/couple at Klosters Platz
|-
| '''RE4''' || [[Sagliains (Rhaetian Railway station)|Sagliains]] – [[Scuol-Tarasp (Rhaetian Railway station)|Scuol-Tarasp]]
|-
| 920 ||colspan="2"| '''RE7''' ||colspan="2"| [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Ilanz (Rhaetian Railway station)|Ilanz]] – [[Disentis/Mustér railway station|Disentis/Mustér]] || Hourly 
|-
| 930 ||colspan="2"| '''RE6''' / '''R16''' ||colspan="2"| [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Arosa (Rhaetian Railway station)|Arosa]] || Hourly 
|-
|rowspan="2"| 940 ||colspan="2"| '''IR38''' ||colspan="2"| [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Reichenau-Tamins (Rhaetian Railway station)|Reichenau-Tamins]] – [[Thusis (Rhaetian Railway station)|Thusis]] – [[Filisur (Rhaetian Railway station)|Filisur]] – [[Samedan (Rhaetian Railway station)|Samedan]] – [[St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)|St. Moritz]] || Hourly 
|-
|colspan="2"| '''RE8''' ||colspan="2"| [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Rhäzüns (Rhaetian Railway station)|Rhäzüns]] – [[Thusis (Rhaetian Railway station)|Thusis]] || Hourly 
|-
|rowspan="2"| 941 ||colspan="2"| '''S1''' ||colspan="2"| [[Schiers (Rhaetian Railway station)|Schiers]] – [[Landquart railway station|Landquart]] – [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Reichenau-Tamins (Rhaetian Railway station)|Reichenau-Tamins]] – [[Rhäzüns (Rhaetian Railway station)|Rhäzüns]] – [[Thusis (Rhaetian Railway station)|Thusis]] || Hourly ||rowspan="2"| [[Chur S-Bahn]]
|-
|colspan="2"| '''S2''' ||colspan="2"| [[Schiers (Rhaetian Railway station)|Schiers]] – [[Landquart railway station|Landquart]] – [[Chur railway station|Chur]] – [[Reichenau-Tamins (Rhaetian Railway station)|Reichenau-Tamins]] – [[Rhäzüns (Rhaetian Railway station)|Rhäzüns]] || Hourly 
|-
| 950 ||colspan="2"| '''RE9''' / '''R19''' ||colspan="2"| [[St. Moritz (Rhaetian Railway station)|St. Moritz]] – [[Pontresina (Rhaetian Railway station)|Pontresina]] – [[Poschiavo (Rhaetian Railway station)|Poschiavo]] – {{stl|Rhaetian Railway|Tirano}} || Hourly 
|-
| 960 ||colspan="2"| '''R15''' ||colspan="2"| [[Pontresina (Rhaetian Railway station)|Pontresina]] – [[Samedan (Rhaetian Railway station)|Samedan]] – [[Zernez (Rhaetian Railway station)|Zernez]] – [[Sagliains (Rhaetian Railway station)|Sagliains]] – [[Scuol-Tarasp (Rhaetian Railway station)|Scuol-Tarasp]] || Hourly 
|-
|}

==Rolling stock==
[[File:Carrozza panoramica an der Station Alp Grüm.jpg|thumb|Open coaches at Alp Grüm]]
For commuter services  [[Rhaetian Railway ABe 4/16]] electric multiple units are used.

Apart from the normal passenger coaches and the panoramic coaches used for the branded ''Bernina Express'' tourist services, the railway attaches to the back of trains, according to need:
* yellow open trucks with wooden benches called {{lang|rm|vaguns panoramics}}
* art deco Pullman coach AS 1143, which may be hired by private parties

==Corporate information==
[[File:Verwaltungsgebäude der Rhätischen Bahn.jpg|thumb|right|The RhB's headquarters, 2011.]]

===Statistics===
* Travellers per year (2008): 10.7&nbsp;million
* Revenue (2008): 308,700,000 sFr.
* Profit (2008): 1,700,000 sFr.
* Employees (2008): 1,348
* Total rolling stock (2008): 1,294

===Ownership===
The RhB is 51.3% owned by the Cantonal government of Graubünden, 43.1% by the Swiss Confederation, 4.6% by private shareholders and 1% by a collection of local communities.

The RhB has its [[headquarters]] at Bahnhofstrasse 25, [[Chur]]. {{coord|46.8517|9.5325|region:CH-GR_scale:2500|name=RhB HQ}}

==Accidents and incidents==
:{{main|Tiefencastel derailment}}
*On 13 August 2014, a passenger train was struck by a landslide and derailed at [[Tiefencastel]], [[Graubünden]], on the [[Albula Railway]]. Eleven people were injured.

==In popular culture==
In 1997, the Rhaetian Railway was used as the prototype for the [[Nord Express]] in the [[20th Century Fox]] animated motion picture ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''. Not only was the Rhaetian Railway featured in the film, but several landmarks were also included: the [[Landwasser Viaduct]] and a 1912 [[Mittelthurgau-Bahn]] Ec 3/5 Class [[2-6-2]] tank locomotive No. 3 with an added tender. This 1912 locomotive was portrayed as a Russian continental steam locomotive (fictional). It was modified with the [[smoke deflectors]] and the smoke-box door from a [[Danish State Railways]] Class R 963. The locomotive's fictitious number being used in the movie was 2747, as this was a reference to the address of the [[Fox Animation Studios]] on East Camelback Road in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. The Landwasser Viaduct was portrayed as a tall, 4-storey viaduct in [[Poland]] as a type of [[Roman aqueduct]]s.{{secondary source needed|date=June 2020}}

==See also==
* [[Bernina Express]]
* [[Hakone Tozan Line]] ([[Odakyu Hakone]]): Japanese private mountain railway, twinning railway with RhB.
* [[List of mountain railways in Switzerland]]
* [[List of heritage railways and funiculars in Switzerland]]
* [[List of narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland]]
* [[List of railway companies in Switzerland]]
* [[Rail transport in Switzerland]]

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
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*{{cite book|last=Camenisch |first=Carl |title=Die Rhätische Bahn: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Albula-Route |trans-title=The Rhaetian Railway with particular attention to the Albula route |year=1904|publisher=Orell Füssli Verlag |location=Zürich |url=http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/exhibition-reading-europe/detail.html?id=108939  |access-date=17 December 2012}}
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Hill |editor-first1=Ken |editor-last2= Pattison |editor-first2= Tony |year=2000|title=Jane's World Railways|isbn=0-7106-2034-9|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]|location=London}}
* {{cite book|author=Marshall, John|author-link=John Marshall (railway historian)|year=1974|title=Metre Gauge Railways in South and East Switzerland|isbn=0-7153-6408-1|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.rhb.ch/Home.1643.0.html?&L=4 RhB official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703135118/http://www.rhb.ch/Home.1643.0.html?&L=4 |date=2014-07-03 }} (English)
* [http://www.ebepe.com/html/filichure.html The Rhaetian Network] Image presentations of famous Rhaetian lines
* [http://www.rail-info.ch/RhB/index.en.html Rail-info.ch description]
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ch/narrow_gauge/RhB/pix.html Railfaneurope.net, RhB photos]

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