Glacier Express

meter-gauge train in the Swiss Alps, opened 1930 traveling between two mountain resorts Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt
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Glacier Express

Summary

Glacier Express is a named passenger train service[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of named_passenger_train_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glacier Express is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Glacier Express's route map is recorded as GlacierExpressMap.svg[4].
  • Glacier Express's image is recorded as GlacierLandwasser.jpg[5].
  • Glacier Express's instance of is recorded as named passenger train service[6].
  • Glacier Express's operator is recorded as Rhaetian Railway[7].
  • Glacier Express's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85055063[8].
  • Glacier Express's Commons category is recorded as Glacier Express[9].
  • Glacier Express's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 301629[10].
  • Glacier Express's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 10000777[11].
  • Glacier Express's terminus is recorded as Zermatt railway station[12].
  • Glacier Express's terminus is recorded as Davos Platz railway station[13].
  • Glacier Express's terminus is recorded as St. Moritz railway station[14].
  • Glacier Express's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.595, 'lon': 9.76}[15].
  • Glacier Express's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ftj9[16].
  • Glacier Express's official website is recorded as https://www.glacierexpress.ch/[17].
  • Glacier Express's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glacier Express[18].
  • Glacier Express's Commons gallery is recorded as Glacier-Express[19].
  • Glacier Express's page banner is recorded as Glacier Express banner.jpg[20].
  • Glacier Express's described by source is recorded as Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes[21].
  • Glacier Express's date of official opening is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Glacier Express's X is recorded as glacierexpress_[23].
  • Glacier Express's Instagram username is recorded as glacierexpress.ch[24].
  • Glacier Express's Facebook username is recorded as glacierexpress.ch[25].
  • Glacier Express's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UC2RYr0gGF9CTeoFuI1LbYfQ[26].
  • Glacier Express's Quora topic ID is recorded as Glacier-Express[27].

Why It Matters

Glacier Express ranks in the top 10% of named_passenger_train_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . OpenStreetMap. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_glacier-express_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Glacier Express}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/glacier-express}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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