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ZERMATT, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the thousands of tourists stranded in the Swiss ski town of Zermatt, near the Matterhorn (all times local): 5:35 p.m. A train packed with tourists has begun the descent from a snowbound town near Switzerland's Matterhorn as railway service resumed following a nearly two-day suspension due to avalanche risks. Passenger cars with a capacity of 250 set off from Zermatt station after teams cleared huge snowdrifts from the more than 1 meter (39 inches) of snow that blanketed the region, coating railways and roads and leaving some 13,000 tourists stranded. The Zermatt tourism office said Wednesday: "After being cut off for almost two days, Zermatt can now be accessed by train again.Read more on NewsOK.com

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