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🇨🇭 Train Routes in Switzerland:
Scenic Journeys Through the Alps

Explore Switzerland's most spectacular rail journeys, from the Glacier Express between Zermatt and St. Moritz to the Bernina Express over the Alps into Italy - plus night trains that arrive in Zurich by breakfast. Compare routes, journey times and scenery, then open a full route guide.

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Altitude record

2,253 m

Ospizio Bernina (Bernina Express)

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Glacier Express

291 bridges

91 tunnels, 7h 45m Zermatt–St. Moritz

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UNESCO routes

Bernina & Albula lines

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Glacier Express panoramic train crossing a viaduct in the Swiss Alps

Flagship panoramic

ZermattSt. Moritz

The world-famous crossing between Zermatt and St. Moritz - 291 bridges and 91 tunnels through the high Alps.

7h 45mGlacier Express

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Bernina Express panoramic train crossing the high alpine pass between Switzerland and Italy

UNESCO crossing

ChurTirano

Over the 2,253 m Bernina Pass and down into Italy at Tirano on a World Heritage line.

4h 00mBernina Express

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Nightjet sleeper train at Berlin Hauptbahnhof preparing to depart overnight for Zurich

Night train

BerlinZurich

Board the Nightjet in Berlin after dinner and wake up in Zurich - the Alps are one sleep away.

12h 00mNightjet (ÖBB)

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The turquoise Aare river and timber houses of Interlaken's old quarter with Alpine peaks behind

Jungfrau gateway

ZurichInterlaken

The classic first leg of every Swiss mountain trip - direct via Bern and along Lake Thun to the doorstep of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.

~2h 00mSBB

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Panoramic icons

The Matterhorn connection

Gateways from Zurich

Jungfrau region gateways

Night trains to Switzerland

Cross-border journeys

Journey

Duration

All Switzerland Routes

7h 45m

ZermattSt. Moritz

The "slowest express train in the world" — 291 bridges and 91 tunnels through the heart of the Swiss Alps.

Glacier ExpressFull guide

4h 00m

ChurTirano

The highest non-rack railway in Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage crossing from the Swiss Alps into Italy.

Bernina ExpressFull guide

~2h 00m

ZurichInterlaken

The gateway run — direct trains via Bern and along the shore of Lake Thun to the doorstep of the Jungfrau region.

SBBFull guide

The Harder Kulm viewpoint above Interlaken, with Lake Brienz and the Bernese Alps beyond

~3h 00m

GenevaInterlaken

The western gateway to the Jungfrau — Lake Geneva, the Lavaux vines, Bern and Lake Thun in about 3 hours, airport to Alps.

SBBFull guide

Lucerne's old-town rooftops and Lake Lucerne with paddle steamers and Alpine peaks behind

~50m

ZurichLucerne

Fifty minutes from Zurich to a lakefront terminus — Chapel Bridge, paddle steamers, and Pilatus and Rigi on the doorstep.

SBBFull guide

The Limmat river and church spires of Zurich's old town with Lake Zurich and the Alps behind

~3h 20m

MilanZurich

The classic Italy–Switzerland link — past Como and Lugano, then under the Alps through the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel.

EuroCity (SBB/Trenitalia)Full guide

The Matterhorn reflected in a still alpine lake above Zermatt

~2h 10m

BernZermatt

The Matterhorn gateway — Bern to car-free Zermatt in about 2h 10m, with one easy change at Visp onto the mountain railway.

BLS · Matterhorn Gotthard BahnFull guide

Nightjet overnight sleeper train departing Amsterdam Centraal for Zurich

11h 20m

AmsterdamZurich

Depart the canals of Amsterdam and wake up beneath the Swiss Alps — no flight, no carbon guilt.

Nightjet (ÖBB)Full guide

12h 00m

BerlinZurich

Depart Berlin Hbf in the evening, roll through Bavaria into Switzerland at dawn.

Nightjet (ÖBB)Full guide

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Switzerland Rail at a Glance

Main hub: Zürich HB
Key operators: SBB, Rhätische Bahn (RhB) & regional operators
Best-known scenic line: Glacier Express (Zermatt → St. Moritz)
Rail passes: Swiss Travel Pass covers trains, buses, boats & museums
Booking advice: Panoramic trains need seat reservations - book summer departures early

For tickets, passes, reservations and itineraries, see the Switzerland by Train guide.

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Scenic Journeys Through the Alps

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