Switzerland is one of the easiest countries in Europe to explore by train, but first-time visitors can still waste money or lock themselves into the wrong ticket. The network is excellent, but the ...

Swiss, a Lufthansa Group carrier, and SBB (Swiss Federal Railways), the largest railway in Switzerland, have expanded their partnership offering joint air and rail tickets from Zurich and Geneva to ...

Transport in Switzerland not only runs on time, but you can buy tickets with your iPhone. The latest version of the SBB mobile app lets travelers buy e-tickets for trains and all public transport, so ...

And the entire journey takes less than one hour.

Switzerland by train is at its best when the week follows one clean line instead of bouncing across the map. Zürich to Lucerne, Interlaken, Montreux, and Zermatt gives travelers lakefront towns, ...

I smile as Silvia – our tour leader on Intrepid’s eight-day Best of Switzerland rail trip – guides us confidently through Zurich’s main station, tickets to Lucerne in hand. Though Italian, Silvia now ...

Few nations nail train travel like the Swiss: an extensive, impeccably run network whisks travellers effortlessly from Alpine peaks to piazza terraces. Here are some of the spots along the way. The ...