Glacier Express

The scenery by train is a compulsory course for Swiss tourism. The glacier express train, which began operation in June 1930, is the enduring "head net red" in the Swiss viewing train. The 300 km journey, the average speed of 40 km per hour, connects Zermatt and St. Moritz two resorts; The configuration and warm and considerate service that keep pace with the times are among the "10 top luxury trains in Europe". Zermatt took a glacier express train on the way to Lugano. Inside the car, the huge glass leads directly to the ceiling, which is eye-catching and transparent; Outside the window, sometimes glacier snow mountains, plateau lakes, sometimes green pastures, quiet villages, dazzling pictures of beautiful pictures, like in the fairy tale kingdom to patrol...

On our Swiss tour, we took three trains in segments: (Bernina Express) San Moritz Tirano (Italian border town), (Glacier Express) Andermatt Zermatt, (Golden Pass train) Interlakentensen. Among them, the glacier train has to cross 91 tunnels and 291 bridges, and has to turn over more than 2,000 meters of snow-capped mountains, so it is called the "glacial train". [View] Junmei [Fun] Rich [Cost-effective] value

We take the Glacier Express to Zermatt in Andermatt. Glacier Express is one of the world's top luxury trains, which travels at 30 km/h, so it is known as the world's slowest express and the world's most popular all-view train. It connects St. Moritz to two ski resorts in Zermatt, allowing us to enjoy the snow and ice up close.

The Alpine Glacier Express, which is the slowest tourist train in the world, is bound to take to Switzerland. In order to let passengers enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way, it travels through countless bridges and tunnels, from Plains to glaciers, on a train journey. The scenery along the way has experienced the changes of spring, summer, autumn and winter, until the snow-covered Alpine glacier area appears in front of us, which is very interesting. Greatly.

The world's slowest fast train, more than 200 kilometers away, traveled for eight hours. Even if you buy a Swiss train pass, you will have to pay for the seats in advance. The set includes soup, main course and dessert. It tastes ordinary, but the scenery is good. First class is recommended.

Glacier Express travels slowly and leisurely for five hours. Snow mountains and canyons are beautiful and more lonely. Perhaps looking at white for a long time will make people depressed. Personally, I think the train is more beautiful than the scenery. The panoramic glass will make me dizzy. The snow on the mountain will almost melt away. If it comes in winter, it will be beautiful. Unfortunately, the time is not right.

A rather undesirable journey. (1) The purpose of taking this train is to enjoy the scenery along the way, but the scenery is not brilliant, similar to the ordinary scenery. The pictures I posted below are the best of the six-hour journey. By contrast, there are many common routes for beautiful scenery, unless you have just arrived in Switzerland for a few days, you may also appreciate the scenery. (2) Not only is the scenery bad, but you can't even sit comfortably. Unlike ordinary trains, it has large windows and no curtains and sunshades. The sun is so sunny in Europe that you can't open your eyes. So you don't enjoy the beautiful scenery, but you enjoy 6 or 7 hours of sunshine along the way. See Figure 1. (3) It's difficult to take pictures. Ordinary trains can open windows. Landscape cars can't. Occasionally, when you pass through places with slightly better scenery (in fact, it's very common) and you want to take pictures, because the glass reflects all the people. (4) Too many people. There are few people on ordinary trains during rush hours, and they are not satisfied with their seats. One person can sit in a row or even the whole carriage has many vacancies. Glacier train carriages rarely need to be booked and are basically full. It's inconvenient for you to be sunbathed or to take pictures of the other side of the scene. Especially, my single-person travel seats were also arranged at the same table with a family of three, invincible embarrassment. Ordinary train I can at least change empty seats at will, tired can also lie askew, glacier you can not see empty seats. (5) Lack of small luggage racks. Ordinary trains have small luggage racks at the head of the seats. Landscape trains don't have them, but because they are full, your bags are on the ground and your feet are not stretched comfortably. It's not a problem to be slow in the end, but it's a torment to be slow when you feel so bad. The only good thing is that the wool sheep on the head of the souvenir trolley are cute. See the last three pictures.