Scenic train
Wilhelm Tell Express
Gotthard Tunnel passage; sweeping switchbacks near Wassen
- Operator
- SBB / Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (boat leg) with SBB/SBB Ticino connecting train
- Route
- Lucerne → Lugano, Locarno or Bellinzona
- Via
- Boat across Lake Lucerne to Fluelen, then panoramic train over the Gotthard railway
- Duration
- 5.0 h
- Gauge
- 1435 mm standard gauge (train leg)
- Season
- Twice daily, 1 May to end October; no winter operation
Source: m.switzerlandbyrail.com
Photographs
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NAC, Renardo la vulpo, JoachimKohler-HB · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC0
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