What is the highest cable car in Switzerland?

You can now get the best aerial views while travelling from Switzerland to Italy on the new cable car, cruising at a height of 4,000 metres (around 13123.36 feet). The Matterhorn Alpine Crossing has opened in Switzerland and it is now Europe's highest cable car.



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During a short journey of just over three minutes, the Stoosbahn holds a world record with a gradient of 110%. This is the steepest funicular railway in the world.

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In Switzerland, about 350 aerial tramways are in use, including: Klein Matterhorn Aerial Tramway, the highest cable car in Europe (3883m), Zermatt.

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The Matterhorn Alpine Crossing is the highest cross-country cable car in the world. It connects Zermatt in Switzerland with Breuil-Cervinia in Italy. The crossing takes about 90 minutes. This involves 8 cable car journeys connecting 9 different cable car stations – 5 in Switzerland and 4 in Italy.

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  • Switzerland's highest cable car to Klein Matterhorn in Zermatt (3821 m)
  • The rotating cable car to Titlis in Engelberg (3238 m)
  • The 007 cable car to Schilthorn in the Bernese Alps (2970 m)
  • The glacier cable car to Glacier 3000 (2965 m)
  • The Eiger Express cable car from Grindelwald to the Eiger Glacier (2320 m)


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Accidents with cable cars are very rare. Cable cars are regarded as extremely safe, when you take into account the number of people they carry each day, she added. Before Fallboden there had been no fatal accident for eight years.

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Mi Teleférico (which translates to “my cable car”) is an aerial cable car system that serves the world's highest metropolitan area, La Paz–El Alto in Bolivia.

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Lucerne, Switzerland Lucerne (or “Luzern”) is the most beautiful city in Switzerland, and one of the most beautiful places to visit in all of Europe! This striking medieval town sits on the edge of scenic Lake Lucerne and looks up at some of the most impressive mountain peaks in the country.

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Gelmerbahn – Europe's steepest open-top funicular railway Thrill seekers will find their buzz in the Haslital, on the Bernese side of the Grimsel Pass.

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