Metro Alpin
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Funicular
A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...
situated above Saas Fee in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
in the Valais
Valais
The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...
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Inaugurated in 1992, this metro links the Felskinn
Felskinn
Felskinn is a minor summit in the Pennine Alps, situated near Saas Fee in Switzerland. It is the lower station of the Metro Alpin which gives access to Mittelallalin.-External links:*...
cable-car station (2980 metres MSL) on the shore of the Fee glacier (Feegletscher) to the Mittelallalin
Mittelallalin
The Mittelallalin is a minor summit below the Allalinhorn situated above Saas Fee. This place is well known for the revolving restaurant which is the highest in the world and a glacier cave.-Access:...
(3456 m) in the north face of the Allalinhorn
Allalinhorn
The Allalinhorn is a mountain in the Mischabelhörner group of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies west of Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais....
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The tunnel has a length of 1749 metres, with an altitude difference of 476 metres between the two stations.