Cab Ride Glacier Express Zermatt - Brig(Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, Switzerland)train driver’s view 4K

In this video, you can enjoy the cab ride - a train driver’s view from Zermatt to Brig in Switzerland on the famous Glacier Express in the resolution of 4K/60 frames per second. Glacier Express (GEX), known as the “slowest express train in the world” is a direct eight-hour end-to-end connection between the major Swiss mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz. Operated by a joint venture between Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) and Rhaetian Bahn (RhB) on the narrow (meter-gauge) railway network in the Swiss central Alps it provides (together with Bernina Express) scenic and exclusive experience. The first part of the journey takes us from Zermatt (at 1605 m asl), just below the world-known Matterhorn mountain down to the Valais valley a thousand meters below. With the first successful climb of Matterhorn Peak in 1865 by Edward Whymper, Zermatt became a popular summer destination and ideas for construction of the railway line from Valais Valley to Zermatt began, resulting in the opening of t