Stock Photo - Train of Rhätische Bahn at Ospizio Bernina railway station on the Berninapass Switzerland, Western Europe, Graubünden, Bernina, UNESCO World Heritage site Rhaetien Railway Note: No releases available --- Info: Part of the Rhaetian Railway the Bernina Railway is a single track metre gauge railway It links St Moritz, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass and was fully opened in 1910 From the beginning, the line was electrically operated It also ranks as the highest adhesion railway in the Alps, and with inclines of up to 7 percent as one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world In 2008, the Bernina Railway and the Albula Railway were recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, under the name Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes The whole site is regarded as a cross border joint Swiss-Italian heritage area The most famous trains operating on the Bernina Railway are known as the Bernina Express