I have been on trains in Switzerland, but no scenic ones. I still cried while I was onboard, for two reasons: 1. The scenery was just breathtaking; 2. The price I had to pay to be there. I travelled from Zurich to Lucerne, from Lucerne to Bern, and from Bern to Lausanne. No panoramic trains, but the scenery was still amazing.
Took the train in April, 2023 when the new trains were limited to the narrow gauge due to problems with the gauge changing equipment. Despite that the trip was incredible and look forward to more train adventures in Europe in 2026.
@@NonstopEurotrip since the summer, they have added a low floor train car on all the sets along the whole route, I sent you a DM on Instagram showing the new cars!
Great video, thanks. We love Switzerland (my husband worked there for a couple of years in the 90s), and go whenever we can to visit friends and travel on what we call the “Swiss Federal Train Set” - it has the greatest integrated public transport network in Europe, if not the World. It used to be considered expensive, but I’d say that travelling on the UK’s trains nowadays is about the same, and there are several ways of making it less expensive - The Inter-rail and Swiss Travel Passes for example. We look forward to taking the Golden Pass train next time we’re there (probably 2025). We’ve done the MOB and it’s a great trip with amazing scenery; but then Switzerland has amazing scenery just about anywhere in the country.
Glad to see these run through now. Last I did it (many years ago) you had to change trains to something much less luxurious from Zweisimmen to Interlaken.
Many thanks for this reminder of my memorable trip on the train, over 20 years ago. Switzerland is so well-served by its trains that it makes travel there a total pleasure.
I took the Golden Pass Express in August traveling on a first-class Eurail pass. The ride was splendid. And I agree, Interlaken is the best place in Switzerland to visit.
@@luke211286 That's why I chose it, Luke, and stayed at a hotel across the bridge from the train station. Great location and never ventured beyond Unterseen and the area in Interlaken near the station. Very convenient.
Great video of this fantastic train! As I work for the MOB, here are some small things I would like to add: For accessibility, MOB recently recieved new low level coaches, with wheel chair areas and level boarding with the platforms. Yor pronounciation of Chateau-d'Œx was spot on! However for Gstaad you pronounced it more like 'Guestaad' (but don't worry, even for us french speakers it's difficult to say it correctly😅) For the maximum gradient of the route, it's 7% (1 in 14), 30% is already steep for a rack railway, it would be impossible for adhesion rolling stock to climb this! Next time you come, make sure to check out the GoldenPass Belle Epoque with lovely old coaches, or the GoldenPass Panoramic with forwards seats having an unobstructed view of the tracks ahead!
I took this Golden Pass on a May, it was still during the time that we need to change trains in Zweissimen. But unlike your experience of having snow, it was a scorching 30 degree summer heat with intense humidity. Even this Filipino who is used to hot weather was complaining 😂
En août dernier,j'ai fait les trains mythiques de Suisse. Celui-ci, le Glacier express et le Bernina Express jusqu'à Tirano. A Zermatt, j'ai pris le train à crémaillère pour monter au Gornergrat. C'était un voyage splendide organisé par les voyages Léonard Belgique. Je ne l'oublierai jamais. Toutes mes félicitations pour votre vidéo sur le GoldenPass. Bonne fête s de fin d'année.
Travelled on this train in October from Interlaken to Gstaad in beautiful autumn weather. I had a Bernese Oberland pass courtesy of a tour company I was with. I'd previously reserved a window seat in 2nd. class for the outward and return journeys, and found it perfectly comfortable. and also paid 10 euros for the breakfast box. At Gstaad I took the post bus up to Lauenen, a lovely little village which was largely unchanged from the last time I was there, on a family holiday in 1962. The new gauge-training trains operate certain journeys only I gather. On other services a change at Zweisimmen is needed, as happened 12 years ago when I travelled to Interlaken from Montreux. The older rolling stock has the driver's cab on top of the premium seating area, which means you get an uninterrupted forward, or rearward view. I've visited Switzerland about a dozen times and travelled on most of the scenic railways: Glacier Express, Bernina Express, William Tell Express, the Golden Pass, Jungfraujoch railway,, Brienz-Rothorn, the Rigi Bahn, Schynigge Platte Bahn, Gornergrat Bahn, Rhätische Bahn, and others. I love all your videos, but for myself I'm sticking to Europe as there's still lots of trains to enjoy and countries I want to explore further, e.g. Poland, Sweden, Norway.
I took the route from Geneva to Lucerne then eglenberg in month of August, the best month to visit Switzerland. Of course that was before UA-cam existed. I have some photos now no videos. It was 15 years back
What a hard life you lead. Switzerland I found to be even more extortionate than Norway. The Swiss themselves cross their borders to shop in the cheaper E.U.. 👍🏻🏴
Summer 2022 I made an Interrail Eurotrip. There was no reservation fee, but I only used it to Spiez. My guess is this train serves as a local/regional train there and then there are other trains from Spiez, so it can charge more.
For all people who are low on money: Seat reservations aren‘t mandatory (recommended though), that means, you can just sit in and take your first or second class seat if there is enough space!
The precision of Swiss trains allows for some really tight transfers! I took a connecting train from Lausanne to Montreux to get to the Golden Pass Express. The train that I took arrived at 9:31am, so I only had three minutes to make my connection to the Golden Pass Express train. I was quite relieved to discover that I just had to walk across the platform!
Love the rains. Heated seats, clouds, hot chocolate we are all set for winter travel in Swiss. When will amtrak get heated seats..never is obvious answer.
@NonstopEurotrip America is designed for larger frame apt, cars , clothes everything. Pain for us petite frames but God sent for others. Whereas in europe space is a luxury.
Έλα στην ελλάδα φίλε να ταξιδέψεις από το διακοπτό στα καλάβρυτα και από τον βόλο στο πήλιο για να δεις τι θα πει πραγματική ομορφιά και τουριστικά τρένα . Ωστόσο και το συγκεκριμένο βίντεο που μας παρουσιάσει ήταν εξαιρετικό μπράβο σου...
I love their Style of station modernization with the piebald passage at Montreaux. To translate Middle European grade calculations multiply the distance by 100 - so 30% is actually 3% = three feet (or three meters) of elevation in 300 feet (or 300 meters) of linear distance.
We took this train, was not this new equipment. We went to that exact Migrolino for snacks and food as even though we had first class tickets there wasn't food services. (Maybe water and hot drinks? Been too long I don't remember.) They were elevated over the other classes. However the route was exactly the same. Was an amazing journey!
Probably the Swiss travel pass but you should check to see what each covers. And if course if you go anywhere besides Switzerland then Eurail or Interrail. The Swiss Travel Pass has extras such as museum entries, etc.
You should do the Dublin Hueston to Killarney Train, especially if Iarnod Éireann are doing any special trains - or on any steam trains with the RPSI 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪😍
Realy Nice Video. It is intresting you did not find weelchairspaces though. To meet the requirements of the laws in switzerland MOB had to buy one couch per trainset with level boarding and wheelschairspaces. I dont know if or why this was not in use in your set. Also the maximum gradient of the line is not 30%. Dont know where this number is from. That would be impossible to do without a rack if even. Its 72 ‰ but thats allready a very much for a adhesion based railway.
Montreux on Lake Geneva? Must be new and built after Freddy Mercury's demise. My canton of Vaud has a chique city called Montreux . It is on Lac Léman, which is part Swiss, part French.
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I have been on trains in Switzerland, but no scenic ones.
I still cried while I was onboard, for two reasons: 1. The scenery was just breathtaking; 2. The price I had to pay to be there.
I travelled from Zurich to Lucerne, from Lucerne to Bern, and from Bern to Lausanne. No panoramic trains, but the scenery was still amazing.
The regular trains offer nearly all of the views at much better prices! 🫡
Took the train in April, 2023 when the new trains were limited to the narrow gauge due to problems with the gauge changing equipment. Despite that the trip was incredible and look forward to more train adventures in Europe in 2026.
@@johndornoff excellent John, thanks for sharing 😀
3:45 they have now added a fifth carriage to the sets which have level boarding and are accessible!
Only from Zweissimen
@@NonstopEurotrip just sent you a message on Instagram showing the new low floor cars. They run all the way from montreux to Interlaken!
@@NonstopEurotrip since the summer, they have added a low floor train car on all the sets along the whole route, I sent you a DM on Instagram showing the new cars!
@@NonstopEurotrip as of this summer, they have added a low floor train car to all sets for the whole route! Sent you a DM on Instagram
Great video, thanks. We love Switzerland (my husband worked there for a couple of years in the 90s), and go whenever we can to visit friends and travel on what we call the “Swiss Federal Train Set” - it has the greatest integrated public transport network in Europe, if not the World. It used to be considered expensive, but I’d say that travelling on the UK’s trains nowadays is about the same, and there are several ways of making it less expensive - The Inter-rail and Swiss Travel Passes for example. We look forward to taking the Golden Pass train next time we’re there (probably 2025). We’ve done the MOB and it’s a great trip with amazing scenery; but then Switzerland has amazing scenery just about anywhere in the country.
Thanks for sharing 😊🙏🏻
Switzerland is most certainly on my bucket list, amazing scenery. Great job.
Go for it! 😉
Glad to see these run through now. Last I did it (many years ago) you had to change trains to something much less luxurious from Zweisimmen to Interlaken.
At least the views are the same 😊
Oh my gosh that train plushie is so cute! We need more train plushies!
Don't we just 😂
Many thanks for this reminder of my memorable trip on the train, over 20 years ago. Switzerland is so well-served by its trains that it makes travel there a total pleasure.
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Absolutely stunning train!
It really is!
I took the Golden Pass Express in August traveling on a first-class Eurail pass. The ride was splendid. And I agree, Interlaken is the best place in Switzerland to visit.
Excellent Rick! Have you done Bernina or Glacier too?
@@NonstopEurotrip No, but I plan to on another trip.
@@ricksipes2026 you won't regret it 🙂
Interlaken isn't a fun place per se, but is a great hub for nearby mountain destinations.
@@luke211286 That's why I chose it, Luke, and stayed at a hotel across the bridge from the train station. Great location and never ventured beyond Unterseen and the area in Interlaken near the station. Very convenient.
Great video of this fantastic train!
As I work for the MOB, here are some small things I would like to add:
For accessibility, MOB recently recieved new low level coaches, with wheel chair areas and level boarding with the platforms.
Yor pronounciation of Chateau-d'Œx was spot on! However for Gstaad you pronounced it more like 'Guestaad' (but don't worry, even for us french speakers it's difficult to say it correctly😅)
For the maximum gradient of the route, it's 7% (1 in 14), 30% is already steep for a rack railway, it would be impossible for adhesion rolling stock to climb this!
Next time you come, make sure to check out the GoldenPass Belle Epoque with lovely old coaches, or the GoldenPass Panoramic with forwards seats having an unobstructed view of the tracks ahead!
Do the accessible coaches now run the full route?
@NonstopEurotrip they do!
This is one for my bucket list. Stunning!
Great video !!
I took this Golden Pass on a May, it was still during the time that we need to change trains in Zweissimen. But unlike your experience of having snow, it was a scorching 30 degree summer heat with intense humidity. Even this Filipino who is used to hot weather was complaining 😂
Hahahaha Luke 😂 You really have got around haven't you lol... I can't believe you were complaining about the heat 🥵 😆
@@luke211286 same with me in '05
Great trip and yeah great train.
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
I love Switzerland and would love to live there.
🎵Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky~ 🎵
I went to Switzerland once and stayed near Geneva. I took the golden pass train for the day. I loved it there and I wanted to stay there.
Beautiful place isn't it!
12:47 I know of Gastaad, because Alexis in Dynasty (Dame Joan Collins) Dex (Michael Nader) and Amanda (Catherine Oxenburg) were all there at one point
En août dernier,j'ai fait les trains mythiques de Suisse. Celui-ci, le Glacier express et le Bernina Express jusqu'à Tirano. A Zermatt, j'ai pris le train à crémaillère pour monter au Gornergrat. C'était un voyage splendide organisé par les voyages Léonard Belgique. Je ne l'oublierai jamais. Toutes mes félicitations pour votre vidéo sur le GoldenPass. Bonne fête s de fin d'année.
it's so beautiful IRL :D I remember our trip to CH, couln't have asked for anything better :)
Absolutely 💯
Travelled on this train in October from Interlaken to Gstaad in beautiful autumn weather. I had a Bernese Oberland pass courtesy of a tour company I was with. I'd previously reserved a window seat in 2nd. class for the outward and return journeys, and found it perfectly comfortable. and also paid 10 euros for the breakfast box. At Gstaad I took the post bus up to Lauenen, a lovely little village which was largely unchanged from the last time I was there, on a family holiday in 1962. The new gauge-training trains operate certain journeys only I gather. On other services a change at Zweisimmen is needed, as happened 12 years ago when I travelled to Interlaken from Montreux. The older rolling stock has the driver's cab on top of the premium seating area, which means you get an uninterrupted forward, or rearward view. I've visited Switzerland about a dozen times and travelled on most of the scenic railways: Glacier Express, Bernina Express, William Tell Express, the Golden Pass, Jungfraujoch railway,, Brienz-Rothorn, the Rigi Bahn, Schynigge Platte Bahn, Gornergrat Bahn, Rhätische Bahn, and others. I love all your videos, but for myself I'm sticking to Europe as there's still lots of trains to enjoy and countries I want to explore further, e.g. Poland, Sweden, Norway.
Thanks for sharing 😊🙏🏻
9:17
That orange juice said "Hell nah, I'm out of here"
😂😂😂
I took the route from Geneva to Lucerne then eglenberg in month of August, the best month to visit Switzerland. Of course that was before UA-cam existed. I have some photos now no videos. It was 15 years back
It's much better when there's snow ☃️
@@NonstopEurotrip there was snow in mountains, and I was there from August till December. Only 6 hours of daylight. Temprature was -4°c.
@@SRanade I was there in August and it was 30 degrees
@@NonstopEurotrip bellow 0 in December when I was there years back.
What a hard life you lead. Switzerland I found to be even more extortionate than Norway. The Swiss themselves cross their borders to shop in the cheaper E.U.. 👍🏻🏴
Very very hard 👀
Kereta ygbagus sekali..serasakita ikut naik terimakasih vidionya
You're welcome 🤗
Looks good, but I would be amazed if the gradient is 30%. That's steep for a funicular!
👀
more likely 30 o/oo but following wikipedia its 73 o/oo max incline on the mob.
Summer 2022 I made an Interrail Eurotrip.
There was no reservation fee, but I only used it to Spiez.
My guess is this train serves as a local/regional train there and then there are other trains from Spiez, so it can charge more.
@@oskarsrode2167 you don't have to book a seat but if it's full - you're standing for 3 hours.
For all people who are low on money: Seat reservations aren‘t mandatory (recommended though), that means, you can just sit in and take your first or second class seat if there is enough space!
If you're low on money I doubt you'll have the relevant railpass - and I sure as hell wouldn't want to stand for the whole trip!
The precision of Swiss trains allows for some really tight transfers! I took a connecting train from Lausanne to Montreux to get to the Golden Pass Express. The train that I took arrived at 9:31am, so I only had three minutes to make my connection to the Golden Pass Express train. I was quite relieved to discover that I just had to walk across the platform!
This is a very underestimated thing in Switzerland. Even in the event of delays they will hold connections and/or put on new trains or divert others
Nice trip buddy.
Thanks 👍
Where can you get a plush mascot like the one you got Please. 13:00
Only on the train!
@@NonstopEurotrip Oh, bother
Love the rains. Heated seats, clouds, hot chocolate we are all set for winter travel in Swiss. When will amtrak get heated seats..never is obvious answer.
Amtrak do have big comfy seats though:)
@NonstopEurotrip America is designed for larger frame apt, cars , clothes everything. Pain for us petite frames but God sent for others. Whereas in europe space is a luxury.
Έλα στην ελλάδα φίλε να ταξιδέψεις από το διακοπτό στα καλάβρυτα και από τον βόλο στο πήλιο για να δεις τι θα πει πραγματική ομορφιά και τουριστικά τρένα . Ωστόσο και το συγκεκριμένο βίντεο που μας παρουσιάσει ήταν εξαιρετικό μπράβο σου...
Thank you 👍🏻😊
Thanks1😊
Welcome 😊
I love their Style of station modernization with the piebald passage at Montreaux. To translate Middle European grade calculations multiply the distance by 100 - so 30% is actually 3% = three feet (or three meters) of elevation in 300 feet (or 300 meters) of linear distance.
Crazy 🤣😧
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, it is.
We took this train, was not this new equipment. We went to that exact Migrolino for snacks and food as even though we had first class tickets there wasn't food services. (Maybe water and hot drinks? Been too long I don't remember.) They were elevated over the other classes. However the route was exactly the same. Was an amazing journey!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
@@NonstopEurotrip VERY much! And enjoyed reliving through your video as well.
Lovely. I would love to go on this train. I don't like reclining seats because the person behind looses room. Greetings from Canada.
But you gain room :)
Oldukça rahmet ve konforlu,
Etraf zaten çok güzel 👍
Absolutely 💯
which rail pass is better in switzerland, Eurail or Swiss Travel Pass? i liv in the US
Probably the Swiss travel pass but you should check to see what each covers. And if course if you go anywhere besides Switzerland then Eurail or Interrail. The Swiss Travel Pass has extras such as museum entries, etc.
If you're only travelling within Switzerland, definitely the Swiss Travel Pass
Thanks for indicating the name of federal state as well👍
No problem 👍
Steve Marsh stayed in Freddie Mercury hotel 😀
@@jadreskipina5899 I told him to go to Montreux 😆
It’s a small world after all 😆
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, I saw that video too
ohrid bir gün sen de böyle olacaksın
Bom dia boa viagem trem luxuosos lindo trem da Suíça 1:56
Obrigado 👍
And who's in the premium class? Mostly railway staff travelling on an pass or even in uniform.
Incorrect. All passengers
why can’t all train in the world have interior like this, why do I have to sit in plastic chairs and almost non existent air con
I agree - they definitely need to!!
You should do the Dublin Hueston to Killarney Train, especially if Iarnod Éireann are doing any special trains - or on any steam trains with the RPSI 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪😍
Thanks for the information ℹ️
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Do you think that Switzerland has the prettiest scenery in Europe?
I think so, yes!
Brother Russia High Speed rail Moscow to Saint Petersburg 1st class
Absolutely not
Realy Nice Video. It is intresting you did not find weelchairspaces though. To meet the requirements of the laws in switzerland MOB had to buy one couch per trainset with level boarding and wheelschairspaces. I dont know if or why this was not in use in your set. Also the maximum gradient of the line is not 30%. Dont know where this number is from. That would be impossible to do without a rack if even. Its 72 ‰ but thats allready a very much for a adhesion based railway.
Maybe they're fold up seats? Idk
Montreux on Lake Geneva? Must be new and built after Freddy Mercury's demise. My canton of Vaud has a chique city called Montreux . It is on Lac Léman, which is part Swiss, part French.
I live for comments like this. People who think they're so clever, but in reality are just pedantic and boring 😂
I wouldn’t publicise the trains or the country! Ridiculous prices and scenery better elsewhere
Ridiculous comment. Of course I will publicise the best scenerynand train systems in Europe 🙃
MOB ordered Stadler locomotives
I've travelled from chur to st moritz