[2] The Vitznau–Rigi Railway was built by the engineers Niklaus Riggenbach, Ferdinand Adolf Naeff and Olivier Zschokke.

The narrow-gauge Rigi–Scheidegg railway (Rigi-Kaltbad-Scheidegg-Bahn, RSB) to Rigi Scheidegg, which was completed in 1875, began in Kaltbad.

The only connection was a transfer table in front of the joint depot building on Rigi Kulm.

It was not until 1990 that a connecting track was built between the ARB and the VRB in Rigi Staffel.

The traverser in Freibergen was replaced by a rack railway set of points in 1959; the same occurred in Kaltbad in 1961.

In 2012, the station complex in Kaltbad was completely renewed and a second platform track was installed.