Unspoiled nature. Mountain forests. Tranquil alpine pastures. On the Glacier Express, pass through 91 tunnels, go over 291 bridges and travel along the 6668-ft. Oberalp Pass. This Switzerland Scenic Train connects two world famous resorts -- St. Moritz and Zermatt, while passing through Chur, Andermatt, and Brig. Experience this memorable way of traveling from the eastern to the western Swiss Alps.

It is not an "express" in the sense of being a high-speed train (it isn't) but rather in the sense that it provides a one-seat ride from end to end, even though the train travels over several different railroad lines; reputedly it is the slowest "express" in the world.

The trip on the Glacier Express is a 7½ hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2,033 metres in altitude.

The entire line is metre gauge, and large portions of it use a rack-and-pinion system both for ascending steep grades and to control the descent of the train on the back side of those grades.