Eurostar St Pancras

Switzerland by Train

Eurostar St Pancras

A two week Swiss Rail Pass with travel to and from Switzerland by Eurostar.  The outward journey was via Brussels and Köln;  the return via Dijon and Paris.  Four nights were spent respectively in Chur and Brig from each of which places daily excursions across Switzerland are very easy, especially since the Swiss Rail Pass is valid on many of the lake steamers and on municipal transport in many cities.  It is worth noting that there is no supplement to pay on the Deutsche Bahn ICE train provided your journey is entirely within Switzerland - i.e. between Interlaken and Bern.

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St Pancras Station, London

Sir John Betjeman at St Pamcras

Eurostar St Pancras

Thalys at Brussels Midi

Deutsche Bahn ICE 3 Train

Hohenzollernbrücke at Köln

Hohenzollernbrücke at Köln

The Rhine from an SBB train

SBB Lok 2000 at Basel

SNCF TGV at Dijon

Dijon France

Gare du Nord Paris
Getting there and back By train from London St Pancras to Chur, Switzerland, via Brussels, Koln and Basel, returning via Dijon
   
Diavolezza from Bernina Express Bernina Exress in the Alps The Alps from a Bernina Express Lake Paschiavo Circular Viaduct near Brusio Chur to Arosa street running Chur to Arosa Landwasser Viaduct, Rätische Bahn Filisur, Rätische Bahn Klosters, Rätische Bahn Klosters, Rätische Bahn Klosters Dorf, Rätische Bahn
Bernina Express and Arosa Bernina Express across the Alps from Chur to Tirano, Italy;  Chur to Arosa;  Landwasser Viaduct, Davos and Klosters
               
Golden Pass - Luzern to Meiringen at Brunig SBB Thalwil Conan Doyle Place, Meiringen Chapel Bridge, Lucerne Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne Rigi Bahn - Rigi Kulm Voralpen Express at Arth Goldau SBB Pfaffikon Bern, Switzerland Spiez, Thuner See VLS train at Goppenheim VLS Lötschberg Route Spiez to Brig
Day Trips from Chur and Brig Day excursions from Chur and Brig, including Luzern and the Rigi Bahnen; Bern and the Lötschberg Pass;  also Meiringen and Spiez
   
Chur Switzerland Glacier Express Glacier Express arriving Andermatt Glacier Express, Brig Brig, Switzerland Brig, Switzerland Matterhorn Gornergratbahn near by the Matter Visp Matterhorn Gornergratbahn at Neubrück Zermatt Gornergratbahn departing Zermatt Gornergratbahn arriving Gornergrat Matterhorn
Zermatt and Matterhorn Glacier Express, Brig, Zermatt and the Matterhorn
 

 

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