UNESCO World Heritage Pass of the Rhaetian Railway
Highlights
- Ride the world heritage route back and forth between Thusis and Tirano
- Enjoy the freedom to get off and on as often as you like while on the road
- Drive over the Landwasser Viaduct and experience the helical tunnels in the Albula Valley
- Enjoy riding over the highest tracks in Europe and the steepest in the world
- Ride along the glacier mills of Cavaglia and over the circular viaduct in Brusio
- Visit the Albula Railway Museum in Bergün with discount and learn more about 100 years of the Albula line
Description
Use the UNESCO World Heritage Pass on 2 of 4 consecutive days. You can - as often as you want - travel back and forth between Thusis and Tirano. However, the trains of the Bernina and Glacier Express are excluded. With the purchase of the UNESCO World Heritage Pass you will receive a heavily illustrated guidebook of the Rhaetian Railway on the subject of UNESCO World Heritage.
Albula Railway Museum You also have the possibility to visit the Railway Museum Albula in Bergün with a 20% discount on the entrance fee. There you can drive the legendary Crocodile locomotive over the Albula line in a simulator. 100 years of railroad history are presented in 600 exhibits. The museum area covers 1300 square meters.
You will find the Albula Railway Museum directly at Bergün station on the Albula line between Chur and St. Moritz.
Recreation vouchers of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) With the UNESCO World Heritage Pass you have the possibility to use the leisure vouchers of the RhB. You show the leisure voucher on your cell phone or print it out and show it to your partner together with your current ticket. You can find the leisure vouchers on the website of the Rhaetian Railway.
These include for example:
- 25 % discount Ovaverva indoor swimming pool, spa & sports center indoor swimming pool and/or spa single admission
- 2 CHF discount on carriage ride with the popular horse-drawn bus between Pontresina and Val Roseg
- discount for Bergün local museum and model railroad: admission at children's price
- 2.50 CHF discount for Casa Console art museum in Poschiavo
- 15 % discount on museum entrance Palazzo Salis Tirano
Route plan
On the way from Thusis to Tirano you pass the following stations:
- Thusis
- Tiefencastel
- Filisur
- Bergün
- Preda
- Spinas
- Bever
- Samedan
- Celerina
- St Moritz
- Punt Muragl
- Pontresina
- Surovas
- Morteratsch
- Bernina (Suot, Diavolezza, Lagalb)
- Ospizio Bernina
- Alp Grüm
- Cavaglia
- Poschiavo
- Li Curt
- Le Prese
- Miralago
- Brusio
- Campascio
- Campocologno
- Tirano (IT)
What's included
Valid for 2 out of 4 consecutive days
Ticket for the trains between Thusis and Tirano
compact RhB UNESCO travel guide (102 pages), choice of DE, EN or IT
20% discount on admission to the Albula Railway Museum in Bergün
Ticket Bernina and Glacier Express
no discounted transfers within the tariff association Oberengadin
Meeting point
Bahnhof Thusis, Äussere Bahnhofstrasse 4, 7430 Thusis
Äussere Bahnhofstrasse 4, 7430 Thusis, Schweiz
Important information
- Check the timetable on the SBB website or app on your travel days. The ticket cannot be refunded if you miss the last train.
Operator
Operated by
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB
Verified operator