Narrow Gauge Guide Switzerland
Scenic railway and public transportation in the canton of Grisons. Information about the network, experience coaches, and the 19 km Vereina tunnel, the world's longest narrow gauge tunnel.
Albula line is one of the most interesting of the RhB network. The club built a miniature of the line in Berguen. Includes numerous information and pictures on the Albula line (the real one).
Current road traffic information from TCS: road conditions, road works, alpine passes.
Database of all funiculars in Switzerland. Partially with photos and technical details.
The narrow-gauge FO has been linking Brig in the Upper Wallis Valley with Disentis in Graubünden since 1926. Short introduction, available tours, pictures.
Steam paddlewheelers and modern diesel boats offer transportation, sightseeing, and dinner cruises on the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons.
Swiss Vapeur Parc in Le Bouveret, on the shores on the lake of Geneva. The 1,5 km model railway circuit (gauge 5 and 7 1/4 inches) runs through the park, the only two-level miniature railway in Europe. It includes intersecting tunnels, bridges and viaducts.
The steepest cogwheel railway in the world climbs to 2,312 meters or 7,000 feet on Mt. Pilatus, near Lucerne.
The world's longest railway tunnel will shorten Gotthard Line train schedules by an hour after its completion in 2012.
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