In this video you can enjoy the cab ride - train driver's view from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Zugspitze along the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway in 4K/60 frames per second.
The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (German: Bayerische Zugspitzbahn) is one of four rack railways still working in Germany. The metre gauge line runs from Garmisch in the centre of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Zugspitzplatt, approximately 300 metres below Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. The line culminates at 2,650 metres above sea level, which makes it the highest railway in Germany and the third highest in Europe. It is also the railway in Europe with the biggest height difference: 1,945 metres, the lower half being open-air and the upper half being underground. The line is operated by the Bayerischen Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG (BZB), whose majority owner is the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Municipal Works.
The Cogwheel train is in operation for almost 100 years. Since 1930, locals and tourists alike have been able to reach the Zugspitze plateau and the famous golden summit cross in comfort.
It took 2 years of construction time for a Cogwheel train Zugspitzbahn. The cost of the project was 22 million Reichsmark. The train operates as a friction railway from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and from Grainau, as a cogwheel train.
Elevation gain between the valley and top station: 1,010 metres
The line has a total of 19 km from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Zugspitze plateau. During the construction of the cogwheel train, it was necessary to create a 4,453-metre-long underground route. The workers had to dig through the mountain massif between Riffelriss and Schneefernerhaus. 80,000 m3 of rock material was transported to the outside via shaking chutes.
Up to 2,500 workers were employed on the large construction site, sometimes under the most adverse alpine conditions.
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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: May 2023
◎ Start: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
◎ End: Zugspitze, Germany
◎ Train: BZB STADLER EMU No 16
◎ Drive Time: 56 m
0:00 Preview
01:33 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 705 m
02:30 To Griesen and Ehrwald
03:19 Hausbergbahn
06:24 To Griesen and Ehrwald
06:40 Katzenstein Tunnel 75 m
08:29 Kreuzeck- /Alpspitzbahn Cable Car 754 m
12:20 Hammersbach 766 m
18:10 Grainau 751 m
18:10 BZB STADLER EMU No 12
19:28 BZB Nr. 5 und 6 Triebwagen
20:02 To Depot Betriebswerkstätte Grainau
26:16 Eibsee 1008 m
34:36 Kleiner Tunnel 70 m
35:52 Crossing loop 3 1478 m
38:11 Riffelriss 1640 m
38:39 Zugspitze Tunnel 4466 m
44:43 Crossing loop 4 2115 m
50:39 To Schneefernerhaus 2525 m
42:35 Zugspitzplatt 2588 m
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