Mountain railway
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A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region. It may operate through the mountains by following mountain valleys and tunneling beneath mountain passes, or it may climb a mountain to provide transport to and from the summit.
Brienz Rothorn Bahn ascending Brienzer Rothorn in the Swiss Alps
Vall de Núria Rack Railway, Catalonia
View from Oravița – Anina railway in 2010.
Apsheronsk railway
Mont Blanc tramway
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The Mont Blanc tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It is the highest in France and the fourth highest in Europe. It is also the only railway in France reaching over 2,000 metres above sea level.
A train of the Mont-Blanc Tramway
Share of the Compagnie du Tramway du Mont-Blanc, issued 18. September 1911
Nid d'Aigle station
Terminus at Saint-Gervais-Le-Fayet (1)