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Swiss trains: yes, do watch your luggage

21/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It seems no matter how often the police say it or the CFF rail company cautions travelers, foreigns are anxious to hold onto the image of clean, tidy, crime-free Switzerland, a place that exists mainly in the imagination. The latest dire warning to travelers comes from a writer in the UK’s Daily […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CFF, foreigners, railway, stolen, Switzerland, theft, trains

Get long trains and you have to get long buildings, Zurich learns

20/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The first shovel of dirt was lifted 16 March for the new Herdern train storage shed in Zurich, a visible sign of how growing rail traffic is affecting Switzerland. The CFF rail company today carries 40 percent more passengers than in 2004 and one of the solutions to handle the continual growth […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bombardier double-decker trains, CFF, handicapped access, new train shed, Swiss rail, Switzerland, trains, Zurich

The next time your Swiss train is late, consider this

21/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – The main reaction was somber silence when the train conductor announced that the train from Lucerne would be arriving 14 minutes late in Bern. In German and French he said that the lateness was due to a “person incident” rail-speak for an accident that is most likely a suicide, someone jumping or […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bern, lateness, Lucerne, person incidents, suicide, Swiss rail, trains, Zofingen

Swiss train trial for hybrid locomotives succeeds

18/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A 4,000 ton annual reduction in CO2 and a significant improvement in maintenance costs: Swiss cargo trains will have 30 hybrid locomotives starting in 2013, the CFF rail company has announced. The new engines are made by Stadler Winterthur, whose director, Hartmut Dietrich, calls them “the most modern and most innovative on the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: cargo, CFF, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, hybrid locomotives, Swiss rail, trains

Swiss ski dream week, en route by train

08/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

This is the second in the Swiss dream ski week, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end. Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Nick and Liam left the car at home […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: buses, skiing, sports, Swiss dream ski week, Swiss Pass, tips for train travel, trains

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