The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais.

At an altitude of 2,815 m (9,236 ft) above mean sea level, it is the second highest open-air railway station in Europe, after the Gornergrat railway station, on the same line.

[1][2] From the railway station a trail leads to the Monte Rosa Hut, across the Gorner Glacier.

[3] As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Rotenboden:[4][5]

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