Cab Ride Glacier Express Disentis-Mustér - Brig (Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, Switzerland) 4K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, you can enjoy the cab ride - a train driver's view from Disentis-Mustér to Brig in Switzerland on the famous Glacier Express in the resolution of 4K/60 frames per second.
Glacier Express (GEX), known as the “slowest express train in the world” is a direct eight-hour end-to-end connection between major Swiss mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz. Operated by a joint-venture between Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) and Rhaetian Bahn (RhB) on the narrow (meter-gauge) railway network in the Swiss central Alps it provides (together with Bernina Express) scenic and exclusive experience.
This part of our trip takes the Glacier Express train over the Operalp pass. This is the slowest part of our journey, taking over an hour to cover just a 30-kilometer distance between Andermatt and Disentis/Muster, primarily due to the large number of rack rail sections on the 900-meter climb and 600-meter descent from the Oberalp pass.
Brig MGB station, endpoint of the original Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway, adjacent to the standard-gauge station of Brig operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) at the north portal of Simplon Tunnel connecting Switzerland and Italy since 1906. Furka Base Tunnel opened in 1982. Before opening of this 15,4-kilometer base tunnel, Furka-Oberalp railway crossed the Furka pass via old mountain railway (Bergstrecke) peaking at over 2000 meters which is today used as a tourist line during summer by Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (separate video available).
Originally, a French company Brig-Furka-Disentis (BFD) railway built a first segment to just beyond Oberwald of the line before WW1 in 1914 paused and slowed further progress, until in 1925 Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) was formed to take over and complete the whole line by 1926 on it’s whole route from Brig to Andermatt (Furka section) and Andermatt to Diensis (Operalp section). With the connection to (Brig-)Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway in 1930 the first Glacier Express train took off on June 25th, 1930, operating since. In 2003. Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway merged with Brig-Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway to form Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) as we know today.
Technically, Furka-Oberalp (FO) railway is just over 100km long from Brig to Disentis/Muster, with Andermatt being 2/3 of the way, operating as narrow-gauge (1000mm) single-track with passing loops and combination of adhesion (max 40‰) and rack sections with Abt system with max incline of 120‰. Like other lines in the MGB and RhB network, it uses unusual 11kV 16,7Hz electrification.
Thumbnail photo: Photographer David Gubler, rail.pictures.
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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: January 2024
◎ Start: Disentis-Mustér Switzerland
◎ End: Brig Switzerland
◎ Train: HGe 4/4
◎ Drive Time: 02:40:05
◎ Route: maps.app.goo.gl/oBAtSWNwbftc7...
0:00 Preview
01:13 DISENTIS/MUSTÉR
04:41 ACLA DA FONTAUNA
07:18 SEGNAS
09:50 MUMPÉ TUJETSCH
13:46 BUGNEI
16:04 SEDRUN
17:58 RUERAS
19:30 DIENI
26:25 TSCHAMUT-SELVA
46:01 NÄTSCHEN
1:00:08 ANDERMATT
1:04:45 HOSPENTAL
1:11:41 REALP
1:15:46 FURKA BASE TUNNEL (15.442 M)
1:31:41 OBERWALD
1:34:10 OBERGESTELN
1:35:55 ULRICHEN
1:39:57 GESCHINEN
1:41:33 MÜNSTER
1:44:55 RECKINGEN
1:46:33 GLURINGEN
1:48:14 BIEL
1:50:13 BLITZINGEN
1:52:25 NIEDERWALD
1:59:39 FÜRGANGEN-BELLWALD
2:07:40 FIESCH
2:09:05 FERIENDORF
2:11:59 LAX
2:22:27 GRENGIOLS
2:26:05 BETTEN TALSTATION
2:30:36 MÖREL
2:35:22 BITSCH
2:39:01 BRIG MGB STATION
Thanks for watching and have a nice day!
#CabRide#TrainJourney#GlacierExpress
Yet another fabulous video of a train ride for those who are not in a great big hurry
@bigcasey4143 Indeed!
Yes, indeed. I really like these train rides that go through snow. I used to be a very keen skier, one of those mad people who jumped off cornices and things like that. The sight of snow makes my body twitch. When I see a mountain side covered by snow, I try to work out how I'd ski down it.
génial! trajet non filmer à ma connaissance c'est un vrai plaisir de retrouver vos vidéos tout les 3 jours grâce à vous je voyage à travers le monde dans mon canapé merci
@jeannoelrenaudin2 I am happy to hear this. I love travelling and I enjoy sharing this beautiful journeys with the viewers around the world. I wish you a nice day and, see you again on Saturday!
Wow, great🎉
@anamarijaj.4162 Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks again for another great video. I also am enjoying the Brazilian series keep it up.
Thanks, will do that! Hopefully, I will do more vids from Brazil and South America this year.
красота)))), люблю зиму😊
@Stas1661 😊
Nice trip, thanks you ! 👌🫶✌️
@SuperRinghio92 you are welcome.
Hi David, it's almost summer, but that was a wonderful trip to winter wonderland. 👍🏻😊 Thank you for showing and many greetings to Slovenia 🙋🏼♂️
@AG-D647 Glad you enjoyed it. It is a bit of a change to see the snow again.😊 Have a nice day!
Lovely 😍 👌 👍 🥰
@JoshHodginsBwfc Thanks 🤗
@@RailRelaxation you make the best vids
@JoshHodginsBwfc Thank you for the compliments.
@RailRelaxation I wish you a nice day look forward to more steam trips
@JoshHodginsBwfc Maybe in the Sumer I will get to do one.
Thanks for the beautiful views and nice videos, my friend
@serzhdyubro8083 Thank you for visiting.
Grazie per aver pubblicato questa linea; bella, complimenti!
Buona giornata.
Ciao.
@DavideZerillo Grazie. Buona giornata!
@@RailRelaxation Di niente, figurati!
2:33:18 The kid shouting "yeaaaa" after the driver honked is too cute!
@marsaeolus9248 🙂
Thanks a lot for the uncut passage through Furka Base Tunnel. I have been looking for a cab ride of this tunnel for a long time. Around 1:22:00 you can even see the famous Bedretto junction towards Ticino (or what might have been a junction). Absolutely fantastic!
@christianschmidt6338 Glad it was helpful!
Switzerland certainly had beautiful train lines. Money well spent for tourism. Lots of new stations being built too. Great ride, cheers buddy 👍😉😊
@More-Space-In-Ear Very true!
Thanks for the great video!
@HopStepJunk My pleasure!
Stupendo !❤
@luigibrunomanzini253 Grazie!
Amazing ! Thanks a lot
@MrSarastros Glad you liked it!
He makes the best
Spettacolare!!!🤩
@Micantropo78 Grazie!
❄️😍 Bellissimo tratto👍
@lucia9084 Grazie!
I wish the speed and elevation gauges were less intrusive. Lovely powder though, keep it coming!
@twinax Thank you.
Thank you for a fantastic train ride, for very good recordings - as always. I also like the link to a proper map, which many of your colleagues forget.
Glad you enjoyed it. And thank you for your compliments, they mean a lot for me.
اللهم صل على محمد وال محمد ❤ good ❤
@user-np7se4cs6t Thank you.
Great... but: come back to Italy! My dad is waitin’ for...! He adored the Sicily’ one, he had some but not with ‘modern’ trains...! He is hopin’ for Ivrea- Aosta - railway lines... rare to find and never complete...! You can do it! Your videos are the only ones that he really appreciates, for completeness of travel data, such as well-signposted stations, speed, etc.! 👏🏼
@BeardyChild Thank you for your compliments. Hold on. I have one more video from Italy that will be published soon.
I believe that Disentis/Mustér is the division point is that Matterhorn Gothard Bahn locomotives are equipped to operate on a rack rail system, something that Rhaetian Railway locomotives and EMU's lack. That's why east of Disentis/Mustér, the rail line has lower grades and a lack of a rack system.
By the way, I noticed that the gradient approaching Brig from both the western and eastern approaches on this line are quite steep.
I think Disentis is we we boarded the Glacier Express when we went on it back in 2010. The train also divided in two there. I'm guessing that the other portion followed a bit behind us.
Lijep izgled željeznice i lijep krajolik Švicarske. Kada bu u Hrvatskoj bilr takve željeznice svaki dan bih se vozio vlakom.
@user-er2kr3dm8m Puno se radi i na Hrvatskim željeznicama..
@@RailRelaxation Koliko sam čuo i pročitao ulaže se dosta milijardi eura samo da obnove kolodvore i željeznicu. Ima dosta zapuštenih stvari svugdje ima kod stanice Maksimir malo napred vagona i pruga koje su zapuštene i mnogo drugih stvari diljem Hrvatske.
@user-er2kr3dm8m uskoru ču objaviti jednu linijo u Hrvatskoj, na kojoj več su se izveli radi...
Great video, plus at the 2:07:00 mark you get to see the US House of Representatives off to the right.
@ronm3245 Thank you.
Your videos are great! I'm interested in the Abt rack system that is engaged soon after leaving Disentis/Muster and is then disengaged a few minutes later when, I presume, the gradient gets more horizontal. Before seeing this video and a couple of others, I had assumed that the rack system was permanently engaged. Engaging and disengaging depending on the gradient, I presume, is brilliant. I also notice that in sections where there's snow between the running rails, there's a depression in the middle that looks like its made by the train engine's pinion. Is that correct. Does the engine's pinion stay in a fixed position, or can it be raised above the tracks when it's not needed?
Sorry. I have an engineering degree and I suffer from insatiable curiosity. It's an affliction, but it's immensely interested learning new stuff. 😁😉
@roadie3124 I love the question.Unfortunately I do not have a lot of engineering knowledge myself, but am alway keen to learn new things. About the rack system, it really depends on the gradient and normally it is used only when it s needed. I can not answer you on your second question, I hope someone else can help out. I wish you nice day!
10:42 Das war aber mehr als knapp!
@thomasbottcher3524 This passing deer was an extra treat🙂
What's with the color in this video? Что с цветом в этом видео?
❤❤❤ پاکستان زندہ باد ❤❤❤
@hafizhussainahmed8708 Thanks.
Quando ci porti la Messina-Siracusa o la Reggio Calabria - Salerno?😁
@Giovanni_Inter_20 I do not know, sorry.
26:54 sounded like you had a flat tyre 😊
😊
Disentis
1 hour
30:20
1:54:42
Brig
1:16:10
1:16:18
a 11.00 il y a un chevreuil
@lilouchouette7006 Yes it is.
1:1:1
❄️🙅😖.
@user-pn7br5jn7b Memories of the cold, winter days...
I seriously don't like the train horns from Europe, they lack a serious tone. That locomotive's horn sounds more like the horn from a train set, child's play.
@user-ym9fc5nt8x 😊
It's essentially a modern version of the single-horn whistles used by Swiss locomotives probably since the late 1800's.
The horn is only used to avoid danger. We do not use it for fun.
The main reason is that “obnoxious non European horns” with a lot of tone cause avalanches here… 🙃🏔️
@R1door😊