Switzerland

Switzerland · Luxury

Prestige Continental Express

Belle Époque dining cars for gourmet rail events.

8h · Prestige Continental Express

• Luxury
• Culinary
• Heritage

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Switzerland → Italy · Scenic

Bernina Express

From glaciers to palms across the Swiss Alps

4h · Rhaetian Railway

• Scenic
• Panoramic
• Engineering

Photo: Christoph Radtke / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Brienz Rothorn Railway

Steam from Lake Brienz to a 360-degree mountain panorama.

1h · Brienz Rothorn Bahn

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Hans-Peter Bärtschi · CC BY 4.0

Switzerland → Italy · Scenic

Centovalli Railway

Two countries and a hundred valleys in about two hours.

2h · Vigezzina-Centovalli Railway

• Scenic

Photo: Alain GAVILLET from Chêne-Bougeries, Suisse · CC BY 2.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Furka Steam Railway

Historic steam high above the Furka base tunnel.

2h 15m · Furka Mountain Steam Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Marcin Wichary / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Glacier Express

Eight hours across the high Swiss Alps

8h · Glacier Express AG

• Scenic
• Panoramic
• Epic

Photo: Tim Adams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Switzerland · Scenic

GoldenPass Express

Montreux to Interlaken without changing gauge; or trains.

3h 15m · Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway

• Scenic
• Panoramic

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Switzerland · Scenic

Gornergrat Railway

Matterhorn views from one of Europe’s highest rack railways.

33m · Gornergrat Bahn

• Scenic
• Engineering
• Excursion

Photo: Rail Away TV / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Gotthard Panorama Express

Steamer, historic Gotthard railway and Ticino in one day.

5h 30m · Swiss Federal Railways

• Scenic
• Panoramic
• Engineering

Photo: Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Jungfrau Railway to Jungfraujoch

A railway into the world of glaciers at 3,454 metres.

41m · Jungfrau Railways

• Scenic
• Engineering
• Excursion

Photo: Maria Feofilova / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Luzern–Interlaken Express

Five lakes and the Brünig Pass on an hourly panorama train.

1h 50m · Zentralbahn

• Scenic
• Panoramic

Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) · CC BY-SA 3.0

France → Switzerland · Scenic

Mont-Blanc Express

A cross-border mountain railway through the Trient and Chamonix valleys.

1h 30m · Transports de Martigny et Régions

• Scenic

Photo: AndrewvdBK / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Pilatus Cogwheel Railway

The world’s steepest cogwheel railway, up to 48 percent.

27m · Pilatus Bahnen

• Scenic
• Engineering
• Excursion

Photo: Maria Feofilova / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Rigi Railways

Europe’s first mountain railway, now with modern panoramic rack trains.

30m · Rigi Bahnen

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Excursion

Photo: Ttrainer · CC BY-SA 3.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Schynige Platte Railway

A century-old electric mountain train to a classic Jungfrau panorama.

56m · Jungfrau Railways

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Excursion

Photo: Frank Nowotny / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Voralpen-Express

Lakes, hills and high viaducts between St. Gallen and Lucerne every hour.

2h 15m · Schweizerische Südostbahn

• Scenic

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Wengernalp Railway to Kleine Scheidegg

Panorama cogwheel trains beneath the Eiger.

42m · Jungfrau Railways

• Scenic
• Excursion

Photo: ZachT / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain