Glacier Express
St Moritz-Zermatt Tel: (0)27 927 77 77
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A trip on the famous Glacier Express, from Zermatt to St. Moritz in Switzerland must rank as one of the greatest train journeys in the world. The name is something of a misnomer, it isn’t an "express" in the sense of being a high speed train, rather one that makes a long, scenically outstanding journey possible in a one-seat ride, despite the train travelling over several different railway lines. (In fact it even makes a play of the fact that it is the slowest “express” train in the world).
A trip on the Glacier Express encompasses 291 bridges and 91 tunnels, taking 7½ hours in total; large portions of the track use a rack-and-pinion system for the many steep ascents and descents. The journey through the Swiss countryside is a joy whether you are traveling in summer, when the world rattling past the window becomes a shimmering palette of blues and greens, or winter, when the same landscape is thickly coated in snow; whatever the season, the scenery, all dramatic ravines, vertigo-inducing viaducts and vertiginous alpine slopes, is guaranteed to take your breath away. The trains themselves are sleek and comfortable and, this being Switzerland, invariably run on time.
A trip on the Glacier Express encompasses 291 bridges and 91 tunnels, taking 7½ hours in total; large portions of the track use a rack-and-pinion system for the many steep ascents and descents. The journey through the Swiss countryside is a joy whether you are traveling in summer, when the world rattling past the window becomes a shimmering palette of blues and greens, or winter, when the same landscape is thickly coated in snow; whatever the season, the scenery, all dramatic ravines, vertigo-inducing viaducts and vertiginous alpine slopes, is guaranteed to take your breath away. The trains themselves are sleek and comfortable and, this being Switzerland, invariably run on time.
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