Furka Oberalp railway

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The Furka Oberalp railway is a historic Swiss narrow-gauge mountain railway renowned for its spectacular alpine scenery and steep, winding route through the central Swiss Alps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connects Andermatt ⓘ
Brig ⓘ
Disentis/Mustér ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
crossesPass Furka Pass ⓘ
Oberalp Pass ⓘ
electrification 11 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ
formerOperator Furka Oberalp Bahn ⓘ
FurkaBaseTunnelOpened 1982 ⓘ
gauge 1000 mm ⓘ
metre gauge ⓘ
hasRackSectionGradient up to about 110 ‰ ⓘ
hasTunnel Furka Base Tunnel ⓘ
heritageSuccessorOnOldRoute Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2033 m ⓘ
highestPointLocation Oberalp Pass ⓘ
importantHub Andermatt railway station ⓘ
integratedInto Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ
integrationYear 2003 ⓘ
knownFor alpine scenery ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
winding route ⓘ
languageRegion German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
Romansh-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
locatedIn Swiss Alps ⓘ
canton of Graubünden ⓘ
canton of Uri ⓘ
canton of Valais ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Valais
offersService car shuttle trains through Furka Base Tunnel ⓘ
regional passenger trains ⓘ
tourist trains ⓘ
opened 1914 ⓘ
originalCompanyAbbreviation FO ⓘ
partOf Glacier Express route ⓘ
linked to: Glacier Express

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn network ⓘ
rackSystem Abt system ⓘ
linked to: Abt rack system
replacedByBaseTunnelOnSection Furka summit line ⓘ
linked to: Furka Pass
safetyFeature avalanche galleries ⓘ
snow sheds ⓘ
seasonalConstraints heavy winter snow ⓘ
terminus Brig railway station ⓘ
Disentis/Mustér railway station ⓘ
tourismImportance major attraction in central Swiss Alps ⓘ
uses rack railway sections ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Furka Pass → hasNearbyRailway → Furka Oberalp railway ⓘ
Gletsch → hasRailConnection → Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke ⓘ
linked to: Furka Oberalp railway
Mörel → railwayLine → Furka Oberalp line ⓘ
linked to: Furka Oberalp railway
Furka Oberalp Railway → formerOperator → Furka Oberalp Bahn ⓘ
subject linked to: Furka Oberalp railway
linked to: Furka Oberalp railway
Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway → originallyPartOf → Furka–Oberalp railway ⓘ
linked to: Furka Oberalp railway
Gletsch railway station → formerOperator → Furka Oberalp Railway ⓘ
linked to: Furka Oberalp railway