Riffelalp railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Zermatt, Switzerland}}

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|name = Riffelalp

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|image = Riffelalp.jpg

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|address = Zermatt, Valais

|country = Switzerland

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| owned = Gornergrat Railway

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|line = Gornergrat railway
Riffelalp tram

| distance = {{convert|4.03|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{rws|Zermatt GGB}}

| platforms = 3 (2 island platform)

| tracks = 3

| train_operators = Gornergrat Railway

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| code = 8501691 (RIAL)

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|services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Gornergrat Railway

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Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of {{convert|2211|m|abbr=on}} above mean sea level.{{cite web | url = http://www.gornergratbahn.ch/de/footer/ueber_gornergrat_bahn/betriebsdaten/Pages/default.aspx | title = Betriebsdaten | language = German | trans-title = Operating data | publisher = Gornergratbahn | accessdate = 2014-05-30 | url-status=dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140602201112/http://www.gornergratbahn.ch/de/footer/ueber_gornergrat_bahn/betriebsdaten/Pages/default.aspx | archivedate = 2014-06-02 | df = }}{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?zoom=9&X=94911.50&Y=624360.00&lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&catalogNodes=457,510&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill | accessdate = 2014-06-01}}

The station is linked to the five-star Riffelalp Resort by the {{convert|625|m}} long Riffelalp tram,{{cite web | url = http://www.strassenbahn-europa.at/strassenba_07.htm | title = Riffelalp Tram | language = German | work = http://www.strassenbahn-europa.at/ | accessdate = 2014-06-02}} making Riffelalp the highest location in Europe where two distinct railways meet.