# Rhätische Bahn Activity company en Chur Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/rhaetische-bahn The railway of Graubünden, based in Chur. It operates the Albula and Bernina lines, a World Heritage Site since 2008, the Bernina Express and, with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the Glacier Express. ## Who they are The Rhätische Bahn, RhB to the Swiss, is the narrow-gauge railway company of the canton of Graubünden, in south-eastern Switzerland. Its first line, from Landquart to Klosters, opened on 29 September 1889, and since then the network has grown to 385 km reaching Davos, St. Moritz, the Engadine, the Rhine valley and, over the Bernina Pass, Tirano, already in Italy. It is a private-law public limited company, but the canton and the Confederation hold more than 90% of the shares. It employs about 1,800 people, carries more than 17 million passengers a year and its trains run on electricity from hydropower. For travellers, the RhB is both the public transport of the valleys and one of the great railway experiences of Europe. The Albula and Bernina lines, with the Landwasser Viaduct and the spiral tunnels, have formed since 2008 the cultural landscape declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ## Bernina Express or regional train The Bernina Express links Chur with Tirano in about four hours, and St. Moritz with Tirano in about two and a quarter hours, on a route with 196 bridges and 55 tunnels. It has panoramic carriages and a free information app for your phone. On it all passengers, children included, pay a seat reservation supplement. From Tirano a Bernina Express bus continues to Lugano, which does not accept bicycles. On the same track run regional trains without panoramic carriages or a compulsory supplement. On the Bernina section you can reserve a seat for CHF 5 per person, and the company recommends it in high season; if reservations sell out you can still board, although you may have to wait longer. It is the option for those who prefer to get off at Alp Grüm or at the Ospizio Bernina and continue on the next train. The company warns that in April 2027 individual seats will not be reservable on regional trains because of technical changes. ## Bikes, dogs and luggage A bike travels with a day pass of CHF 15. Space is limited on the busiest lines, and groups of ten or more cyclists must book 48 hours ahead. Dogs pay a half-fare ticket in second class, or a day pass of CHF 25; those under 30 cm at the withers travel free in a box or basket. They are admitted on the Bernina Express, but not on the Glacier Express, except assistance dogs. For large suitcases there is a luggage dispatch service. ## Tickets and languages Tickets and reservations are bought on the RhB website; the conditions for changes and cancellation depend on the type of ticket, so read them when you buy; the Glacier Express is booked on its own website, glacierexpress.ch. The RhB website has an English version, as well as the German one, and in Graubünden German, Romansh and Italian live side by side: on the Bernina line, beyond the pass, you already hear mostly Italian. ## What they run - [The Albula Line and the Landwasser Viaduct: the Glacier Express Stretch on a Regional Train](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/things-to-do/albula-line), in Engadine. Regional train St. Moritz – Chur on the Albula line. A normal ticket is enough; included in the Swiss Travel Pass - [The Bernina Line from St. Moritz to Tirano, by Bernina Express or Regional Train](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/things-to-do/bernina-line), in Engadine. St. Moritz – Tirano ticket. Desde 35 € per person, 2nd class one way only. 2 h 15. CHF 60 in 1st. Return, CHF 70 in 2nd and CHF 120 in 1st. Prices without supplements. Seat reservation on the Bernina Express, St. Moritz – Tirano section. Desde 32 € per person. Compulsory for children too. With the Swiss Travel Pass or GA you can buy the reservation alone. Seat reservation on the Bernina regional train. Desde 5 € per person per journey. Optional. Only between St. Moritz and Tirano; if they sell out, you can travel without a reservation Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change. ## Contact - Web: https://www.rhb.ch/ - Coordenadas: 46.853, 9.529 ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Do I need to reserve the Bernina Express? Yes: all passengers pay the seat reservation supplement. ### Can I do the Bernina line without the Bernina Express? Yes, on the regional trains, with an optional CHF 5 reservation. ### Can dogs travel? Yes, with a ticket or day pass; not on the Glacier Express.