Private company

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn

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Swiss railway company

The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn is a narrow gauge railway line and a railway company (Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn AG, MGB) in Switzerland. The track width is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ).² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded¹

HeadquartersBrig-Glis¹
Websitewww.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch

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GlacierBrig — Photo: Champer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons⁵

Corporate structure

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Brig-Glis
- Acla da Fontauna railway station Owned · Disentis/Mustér, Switzerland
- Andermatt railway station Owned · Andermatt, Switzerland
- Betten Talstation railway station Owned · Grengiols, Switzerland
- Biel (Goms) railway station Owned · Grafschaft, Switzerland
- Bitsch railway station Owned · Bitsch, Switzerland
- Blitzingen railway station Owned · Blitzingen, Switzerland
- Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station Owned · Brig-Glis, Switzerland
- Bugnei railway station Owned · Tujetsch, Switzerland
- Dieni railway station Owned · Tujetsch, Switzerland
- Eyholz railway station Owned · Visp, Switzerland
- Fiesch Feriendorf railway station Owned · Fiesch, Switzerland
- Fiesch railway station Owned · Fiesch, Switzerland
- Furka Base Tunnel Owned · Canton of Uri, Switzerland
- Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station Owned · Bellwald, Switzerland
- Geschinen railway station Owned · Münster-Geschinen, Switzerland
- Gluringen railway station Owned · Reckingen-Gluringen, Switzerland
- Grengiols railway station Owned · Grengiols, Switzerland
- Herbriggen railway station Owned · St. Niklaus, Switzerland
- Hospental railway station Owned · Hospental, Switzerland
- Kalpetran railway station Owned · Embd, Switzerland
- Lax railway station Owned · Lax, Switzerland
- Mumpé Tujetsch railway station Owned · Disentis/Mustér, Switzerland
- Mörel railway station Owned · Mörel-Filet, Switzerland
- Münster VS railway station Owned · Münster-Geschinen, Switzerland
- Naetschen Owned · Canton of Uri, Switzerland
- and 19 more

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Acla da Fontauna railway station
Andermatt railway station
Betten Talstation railway station
Biel (Goms) railway station
Bitsch railway station
Blitzingen railway station
Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station
Bugnei railway station
Dieni railway station
Eyholz railway station
Fiesch Feriendorf railway station
Fiesch railway station
Furka Base Tunnel
Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station
Geschinen railway station
Gluringen railway station
Grengiols railway station
Herbriggen railway station
Hospental railway station
Kalpetran railway station
Lax railway station
Mumpé Tujetsch railway station
Mörel railway station
Münster VS railway station

All 44 holdings

Naetschen
Niederwald railway station
Nätschen railway station
Oberalp Pass
Oberalppass railway station
Obergesteln railway station
Oberwald railway station
Randa railway station
Realp railway station
Reckingen railway station
Rueras railway station
SLM HGe 4/4 II
Sedrun railway station
Segnas railway station
St. Niklaus railway station
Stalden-Saas railway station
Tschamut-Selva railway station
Täsch railway station
Ulrichen railway station
Zermatt railway station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

Products and brands

Apart from the Glacier Express, the current schedule sees passenger trains commuting between Brig and Zermatt, Brig and Göschenen, as well as Andermatt and Disentis. MGB also operates two car shuttle trains: between Realp and Oberwald through Furka Base Tunnel, and between Andermatt and Sedrun.

Large-scale freight traffic only takes place between Visp and Zermatt and between Disentis and the NRLA construction site near Sedrun.

From Wikipedia’s article on Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

BVZ Holding

Also owns

Acla da Fontauna railway station
Andermatt railway station
Betten Talstation railway station
Biel (Goms) railway station
Bitsch railway station
Blitzingen railway station
Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station
Bugnei railway station
Dieni railway station
Eyholz railway station
Fiesch Feriendorf railway station
Fiesch railway station
Furka Base Tunnel
Fürgangen-Bellwald Talstation railway station
Geschinen railway station
Gluringen railway station
Grengiols railway station
Herbriggen railway station
Hospental railway station
Kalpetran railway station
Lax railway station
Mumpé Tujetsch railway station
Mörel railway station
Münster VS railway station

All 44 also owns

Naetschen
Niederwald railway station
Nätschen railway station
Oberalp Pass
Oberalppass railway station
Obergesteln railway station
Oberwald railway station
Randa railway station
Realp railway station
Reckingen railway station
Rueras railway station
SLM HGe 4/4 II
Sedrun railway station
Segnas railway station
St. Niklaus railway station
Stalden-Saas railway station
Tschamut-Selva railway station
Täsch railway station
Ulrichen railway station
Zermatt railway station

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

Succeeded Brig–Zermatt railway line¹
Succeeded Furka-Oberalp Bahn¹

Controversies and legal

Accidents and incidents

11 September 2017, the locomotive of a train collided with its own coaches during a manoeuvre at Andermatt station. About 30 people were injured.

3 July 2020, a shuttle train hit the side of the passenger train, which was carrying 30 passengers. A few minor injuries were reported. The wreck occurred in the small town of Oberwald in south Switzerland, near the Italian border. The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn train line, which passes through the Alps, was halted on account of the crash.