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Gotthard Panorama Express

Spiral loops near Wassen (train passes the village church three times from different directions); original 1882 Gotthard Tunnel

Operator
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) with Lake Lucerne Navigation Company
Route
Lucerne → Lugano
Via
Boat: Lucerne to Fluelen on Lake Lucerne; train: Fluelen to Lugano via the original Gotthard railway
Duration
5.5 h
Gauge
1435 mm standard gauge (train leg)
Season
Mid-April to mid-October

Source: travelswitzerland.com

47.0500° N 8.3000° ERelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

Photographs

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JoachimKohler-HB, Renardo la vulpo, Jean-Paul Wettstein · Wikimedia Commons + Pexels · CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC0

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