page_title: Rhaetian Railway
section_title: Reichenau–Disentis/Mustér line
hierarchical_section_title: Rhaetian Railway / Network / Reichenau–Disentis/Mustér line
caption_attribution_description: English: Two Glacier Expresses coupled together and pulled by a single Ge 4/4 III in the Rhine canyon between Versam-Safien and Valendas-Sagogn. Deutsch: Zwei zusammengekuppelte Glacier Express werden von einer Ge 4/4 III durch die Vorderrheinschlucht gezogen, hier zwischen Versam-Safien und Valendas-Sagogn.
context_page_description: The Rhaetian Railway, abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. The RhB operates all the railway lines of the Swiss canton of Graubünden/Grisons, except for the line from Sargans to the cantonal capital, Chur, which are operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, and the line from Disentis/Mustér to the Oberalp Pass, and further on to Andermatt, Uri, which is operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Inaugurated in 1888 and expanded from 1896 onwards in various sections, the RhB network is located almost entirely within Graubünden, with one station across the Italian border at Tirano.
  The Rhaetian Railway serves a number of major tourist destinations, such as St Moritz and Davos. One of the RhB lines, the Bernina Railway, crosses the Bernina Pass at 2,253 metres above sea level and runs down to Tirano, Lombardy in Italy.
  In 2008, the RhB section from the Albula/Bernina area was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Albula-Bernina line is the first rail line in the world to be photographed and put on Google Street View.
context_section_description: The Reichenau to Disentis/Mustér line links the rest of the Rhaetian Railway network with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.  It branches from the line to Thusis behind the shared Rhine bridge.
  The line was opened progressively between 1903 and 1912, and has been electrified since 1922.
  In contrast with the accompanying road, which rises about 500 meters towards Flims and Laax, the railway to Disentis/Mustér runs slowly up the narrow "Ruinaulta gorge". On this part of the line, its associated engineering structures dominate the otherwise pristine natural landscape.
  At Ilanz, the railway line and road merge paths once again.  Their combined pathways then rise slowly and evenly to Disentis/Mustér.
  The main traffic on the Reichenau–Disentis/Mustér line is Regio Express passenger trains operating at hourly intervals.  Several times a day, there are Glacier Express trains in each direction.
  Timetabled goods trains also operate on the line to serve industry in the Vorderrhein area and supplied cement for the construction of the normal gauge Gotthard Base Tunnel with train IDs starting with 5. Usually three pairs of trains serve Disentis/Mustér with a Ge 6/6 II and a few additional trains go only to Ilanz with a Ge 4/4 II.
caption: Two Glacier Expresses coupled together run through the Rhine gorge.
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