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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The direct EuroCity from München Hbf to Zürich HB — about 3h40 via the Allgäu, Lindau, Bregenz and St. Gallen, eight a day in the current timetable.

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

From Switzerland into Alsace — a direct SNCF TER from the French platforms at Basel SBB to Colmar in around 40 to 50 minutes, no reservation needed.

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

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

The flying-free overnight link to Italy — the direct European Sleeper from Brussels-Midi over the Gotthard to Milano Porta Garibaldi, three nights a week from September 2026.

The direct night train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Milano Porta Garibaldi — European Sleeper, three nights a week from the December 2026 timetable change, in about 17 hours.