Editing Swiss Alps (section)

===Transport===
{{See also|List of mountain passes in Switzerland|List of mountain railways in Switzerland}}
[[Image:GlacierLandwasser.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Glacier Express]] on the [[Landwasser Viaduct]],  Albula Range]]
[[Image:Lötschberg.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lötschberg railway line]]]]

The Swiss Alps and Switzerland enjoy an extensive [[Transport in Switzerland|transport network]]. Virtually every mountain village can be reached by public transport, either by [[Rail transport in Switzerland|rail]], bus, funicular, cable car, or usually a combination of them. The main companies of the coherently integrated public transport system are:

*[[Swiss Federal Railways|Swiss Federal Railways (SBB&nbsp;CFF&nbsp;FFS)]]
*[[Rhaetian Railway|Rhaetian Railway (RhB)]]
*[[Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn|Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB)]]
*[[GoldenPass Line]]
*[[PostBus Switzerland|PostBus]] (PostAuto / CarPostal / AutoPostale / Auto da Posta)

Most of the mountain regions are within 1 to 3 hours travel of [[List of cities in Switzerland|Switzerland's main cities]] and their respective [[List of airports in Switzerland|airport]]. The [[Engadin]]e in [[Graubünden]] is between 3 and 6 hours away from the large cities; the train journey itself, with the panoramic [[Glacier Express]] or [[Bernina Express]], is popular with tourists.

The [[Engadin Airport]] near [[St. Moritz]] at an altitude of 1,704 meters is the highest in Europe.

The crossing of the Alps is a key issue at national and international levels, as the European continent is at places divided by the range. Since the beginning of industrialisation Switzerland has improved its transalpine network; it began in 1882, by building the [[Gotthard Rail Tunnel]], followed in 1906 by the [[Simplon Tunnel]] and 1913 by the [[Lötschberg Tunnel]], and more recently, in 2007, by the [[Lötschberg Base Tunnel]]. The 57.1-km long [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]], the longest railway tunnel of the world, opened in 2016 and provides a direct flat rail link through the Alps.