Zermatt is car-free. Private vehicles do not have access beyond Täsch (5 kilometres from Zermatt). The road between Täsch and Zermatt is blocked for public transportation. Täsch has car parks (2,900 parking spaces, with 2,000 of these at Matterhorn Terminal Täsch) and public parking spaces (900 spaces). Shuttle trains of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway depart from Täsch every 20 minutes.
Trains in Visp and Brig have a direct connection to the modern narrow-gauge Matterhorn Gotthard Railway, which reaches Zermatt in one and a half hours travelling through the rugged and romantic Vispertal. Since 2007, the new Lötschberg Base Tunnel from Frutigen BE to Visp VS has markedly shortened the journey to Zermatt by rail.
Zermatt is located just a few hours from the international airports in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Milan.
