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Panorama Express, abbreviated PE, is a special category of long-distance train in Switzerland. It was introduced with the December 2019 timetable change, and is generally used to denote tourism -focused services.
The section on Lake Lucerne is normally operated by a historic paddle steamer, whilst the train uses air-conditioned 1st class coaches with panoramic windows. Premium fares or supplements are charged. [5] [8] There is a bus transfer between Lugano and Tirano RhB station in Tirano, linking the Gotthard Panorama Express and the Bernina Express ...
The Golden Pass Panoramic Express near Gstaad (with seating on the front) The Golden Pass in Lucerne main station. The GoldenPass Line is a tourist-orientated train route in the Swiss Alps with its base in Montreux. It is not a legal entity but operates and manages the following companies: Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB)
The western terminus of the train is Montreux, on the shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud.Montreux is the terminus of the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line's 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and is shared with the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Panoramic train at Ponte Brolla Classic train at Santa Maria Maggiore Since at least October 2012, [ 8 ] there is new rolling stock called the "panoramic train". When taking this train, regardless of the type of ticket held, a supplement of €1.50 or CHF1.50 per passenger is collected, in cash, on board by the conductor.
The Glacier Express is a direct Panorama Express (PE) train connecting railway stations of the two major mountain resorts of Zermatt and St. Moritz via Andermatt in the central Swiss Alps. The train provides a one-seat ride for an 8-hour end-to-end 291-kilometre (181 mi) journey, and omits stops made by local trains.
The Bernina Express is a Panorama Express (PE) train connecting Chur (or Davos) to Poschiavo in Switzerland and Tirano in Italy by crossing the Swiss Engadin Alps.For most of its journey, the train also runs along the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes.
Bernina railway line with the Palü Glacier in the background. Postcard from ca. 1910. In the year following the completion of the Albula railway line in 1904, the Bernina-Bahngesellschaft (BB) was established, with the objective of opening a railway line between St Moritz and Tirano, via the Bernina Pass.