The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways · 2026

The Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways in Switzerland

15 of the 100 lines in The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways 2026 are in Switzerland. The highest placed is Titlis Rotair in Engelberg, at number 2 in the world. Jungfrau Railway in Kleine Scheidegg (number 3) and Stanserhorn CabriO in Stans (number 5) follow.

Bernese Oberland

The Jungfrau Railway climbs by cogwheel to Jungfraujoch; the Eiger Express gondola from Grindelwald Terminal connects to it at Eigergletscher. Firstbahn is the gondola from Grindelwald to First. Schilthornbahn runs from Stechelberg via Mürren and Birg to Piz Gloria. Brienz Rothorn Railway is a cogwheel line from Lake Brienz, the Gelmerbahn funicular climbs from Handeck to Lake Gelmer, and a gondola goes from Kandersteg to the Oeschinensee.

Central Switzerland

Titlis Rotair above Engelberg finishes in a rotating cabin. Stanserhorn CabriO is an open-top cable car reached by a historic funicular from Stans. Pilatus is climbed by cogwheel railway and by cable car from Kriens, Rigi by cogwheel railway from Vitznau, and the Stoosbahn funicular runs from Schwyz to the car-free village of Stoos.

Valais and Vaud

From Zermatt the Gornergrat Railway climbs to 3,089 metres and the cable cars to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise reach about 3,883 metres. Glacier 3000 runs from the Col du Pillon to a glacier at 3,000 metres.