The Bernina Express is a train of the Swiss RhB railway company covering the route between Tirano, Sankt Moritz and Chur. This train, which is important from the tourism point of view, along a route of great landscape interest, made more impressive by the special panoramic carriages which is fitted; The route includes the Albula and Bernina railways that were included in 2008 list compiled by UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Bernina Express runs in just over four hours, the railway line totaling 145 km with a total climb of 1,824 m and gradients of up to 70 per thousand. Entire route is carried out at natural adhesion without the use of any rack system. The maximum altitude reached is 2253 m s.l.m. at the Bernina Pass, the minimum is 429 m s.l.m. Tirano.

The construction of the Tirano-Chur line was completed in 1910. The train runs 2.5 kilometers in Italian territory until the Campocologno station, while the rest of the route is on Swiss territory. For this reason, before the entry into force in Switzerland to the Schengen Agreements, who started from Tirano he had to carry out customs formalities for boarding.