express at brig glis operation owner bvz holding technical line length 144 km 89.5 mi number of tracks single track with passing loops track gauge 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in minimum radius electrification 11 kv 16 hz highest elevation 1 564 m 5 131 ft rack system abt the matterhorn gotthard bahn mgb is a narrow gauge railway in switzerland . the track width is 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in . it was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of furka oberalp bahn fo and bvz zermatt bahn bvz . the name comes from the matterhorn and st. gotthard pass . its network is 144 km 89.5 mi long and stretches from disentis in the canton of graub nden to zermatt in the canton of wallis by way of the oberalp pass and andermatt in the canton of uri the furka base tunnel brig and visp . from andermatt a branch line the formerly independent sch llenenbahn extends to g schenen at the northern end of the gotthard rail tunnel . between realp and oberwald the line formerly crossed the furka pass at a crest elevation of 2 162 m 7 093 ft above sea level with a 1.87 km 1.16 mi tunnel passing beneath the peak . this compares to a crest elevation of just 1 564 m 5 131 ft above sea level in today s furka base tunnel which is 15.34 km 9.53 mi long . the old line the scenic route which is very attractive to tourists is operated by the dampfbahn furka bergstrecke dfb furka heritage railway using veteran steam engines . there is a connection to the rhaetian railway in disentis and the glacier express runs from zermatt to st. moritz using stock from both companies . contents 1 operation 2 corporate structure 3 pictures 4 see also 5 external links operation edit mgb route map . apart from the glacier express the current schedule sees passenger trains commuting between brig and zermatt brig and g schenen as well as andermatt and disentis . mgb also operates two car shuttle trains between realp and oberwald through furka base tunnel and between andermatt and sedrun . large scale freight traffic only takes place between visp and zermatt and between disentis and the alptransit construction site near sedrun . corporate structure edit the mgb is composed of three companies the matterhorn gotthard ag mgb emerged from a rebranding of bvz the matterhorn gotthard infrastructure ag mgi is the former fo and a new stock company matterhorn gotthard railway mgm has been established as a management umbrella . the mgb has taken over fo s operations and has turned over bvz s infrastructure to mgi in exchange . the mgb is majority owned by the bvz holding ag which also owns the gornergrat bahn ag ggb whereas the mgi shares are held by the swiss federal government and the cantons mgm is owned by bvz holding and the public sector in equal shares . pictures edit brig station square with mgb trains a train near stalden glacier express to zermatt on the rack rail section just before oberalp passh he push pull train at the oberalpsee matterhorn gotthard bahn trains at brig switzerland see also edit list of railway companies in switzerland table of turn tunnels external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to matterhorn gotthard bahn . matterhorn gotthard bahn web site glacier express web site v t e motive power of the matterhorn gotthard bahn mgb and its predecessors steam locomotives vzb hg 2 3 bfd hg 3 4 electric locomotives schb hge 2 2 fo hge 4 4 i hge 4 4 ii fo ge 4 4 iii diesel locomotives bvz gm 3 3 fo gm 4 4 fo hgm 4 4 mgb hgm 2 2 railcars fo cfm 2 2 fo abdeh 2 4 bvz abdeh 6 6 bvz abdeh 8 8 fo deh 4 4 i bvz deh 4 4 fo deh 4 4 ii articulated trains mgb bdseh 4 8 mgb abdeh 4 8 mgb abdeh 4 10 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title matterhorn gotthard bahn & oldid 723195391 categories railway companies of switzerlandmetre gauge railways in switzerlandmatterhorn gotthard bahnhidden categories articles that mention track gauge 1000 mmcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisitalianomagyarnederlands portugu srom n rumantsch suomi edit links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 16 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view