High elevation Railway beetween italy and Switzerland

Many people call the most beautiful train in the world. This maybe because the tracks of this fabulous red train carrying the tourists to almost touch the sky. Boarding the train Bernina is equivalent to entering a theater and the landscape that runs in front of us is the stage that offers a performance that changes with lazy pace. Not only is the nature to be admired but it is also the same train to the show: toy locomotives and wagons, which seem stazioncine made tunnel, tight curves will make you stretch your hands to grab the tail of the train, viaducts and tunnels with helical slopes sometimes impressive. Undoubtedly the path contributes to the charm of this line: rising from the Valtellina valley to the woods of Val Poschiavo, to rise up among the glaciers and peaks of the Bernina and then down into the ever charming Engadina up to Pontresina and St Moritz.

This spectacular and unforgettable journey begins at Tirano rail station terminal station of the line from Milan. The train consists of modern, comfortable coaches, leave this pretty town to start a breathtaking journey, in winter as in summer, on slopes of 70 per thousand (without rack) up to an altitude of 2253 m above sea level, only one thing in Europe.

After a few kilometers are just a marvel: the Viaduct Brusio, a helical ramp outside. After Poschiavo, capital of the valley with its beautiful patrician residences, the traveler reaches Alp Grum, exceptional vantage point.

Exceeded the pass at 2253 m asl, at Montebello offers the viewer the impressive view over the glacier Monteratsch and the Bernina group, with its "four thousand" twinkling of eternal snow.

At Pontresina, renowned center of tourism and winter sports, the line branches off to Samaden - Chur, which allows the traveler to reach Switzerland, Central and Northern Europe. Yet few kilometers through the enchanted landscape of the Engadine and reach St. Moritz.

... And winter ...

The winter season offers to something even more 'charming, almost magical feeling.

The red scale train a fairytale landscape in the Alps cloaked with snow and the wind blowing and the mountains and icy glare are living an unforgettable journey.