Service interrupted after rockfall Trains run to Zermatt again

SDA

25.3.2025 - 05:54

The Matterhorn Gotthard Railway had to suspend operations to Zermatt after a rockfall.
The Matterhorn Gotthard Railway had to suspend operations to Zermatt after a rockfall.
Picture: Keystone/Urs Flüeler

The train line between Täsch and Zermatt VS, which was interrupted due to a rockfall, was reopened on Tuesday morning.

Keystone-SDA

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  • The train line between Täsch and Zermatt VS was reopened on Tuesday morning.
  • A locomotive had been damaged by a falling rock on Monday morning.
  • The line therefore had to be closed.

Trains are running according to schedule again, as announced by the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway on Platform X.

A Matterhorn Gotthard Railway locomotive was damaged by a falling rock on Monday morning. As a result, the route was interrupted. Replacement buses were running, as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn wrote on X.

The incident did not result in any injuries and no other railroad infrastructure was damaged, the railroad company's media office informed the Keystone-SDA news agency on Monday. The affected train subsequently reached Zermatt a few minutes late.