We'll meet back here at two o'clock to take the cog railway back down to the bottom.

Then in 1869 a local entrepreneur named Sylvester March built the cog railway, the first in the world.

A highlight for just about everyone is the Gornergrat, a cog railway that winds its way up the mountain to an altitude of 3089 metres.

Each being close to or higher than 4000meters above sea level and can be easily reached by aerial cable cars, cog railways or gondolas.

"This is the oldest cog railway in the world, sir," the kindly man told him in perfect English.

The cog-wheel railway is able to transport a large number of excursionists to the top of the mountain in the course of the morning.