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[email protected] The bridge-builder . The Matterhorn Gotthard Railway has 126 bridges to call its own: bridges social terms. In return, travellers learnt to appreciate the local way of life, its culture across craggy ravines and rushing mountain torrents; bridges which connect. The and traditions. This mutual exchange between peoples is without doubt one of the Valais, Uri and Grisons have relied upon links with the outside world since time most important achievements of tourism. It’s an achievement well worth nurturing immemorial. In 1926, when the railway line through the Valais – Uri – Grisons throughout the network and on the tracks. This tradition of exchange unites us regions was built, and in 1930, when the Glacier Express was opened, a new era with the rest of the world and with you. began for these hitherto remote mountain regions: the era of modern tourism. International travellers not only brought an economic boom to the mountain villages and valley communities, but also a breath of fresh air in cultural and A tie with tradition, a link with the world. Communicating with nature . In whatever guise it takes, whether in the frivolously elegant style of the 20s world .