Why Swiss Trains are the Best in Europe

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Published on Jul 28, 2022
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I live in the Netherlands, where we have some pretty great trains. But there's a country in Europe that does trains better. Much better, in fact.

Switzerland has some of the best trains in the entire world - second, perhaps, only to Japan. What makes these trains so good? And what is it like to actually ride them?

The Slowest Express Train in the World - The Glacier Express
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References and Additional Reading

The integrated timetable of Switzerland
https://www.jokteur.com/a/integrated-timetable-switzerland/

Watching the Swiss: A network approach to rural and exurban public transport
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X16301469

Live map of the Swiss Railways Network
https://maps.vasile.ch/transit-sbb/

Trafimage - Live Swiss Railway Punctuality
https://maps.trafimage.ch/ch.sbb.netzkarte?baselayers=ch.sbb.netzkarte,ch.sbb.netzkarte.dark,ch.sbb.netzkarte.luftbild.group,ch.sbb.netzkarte.landeskarte,ch.sbb.netzkarte.landeskarte.grau&lang=en&layers=ch.sbb.puenktlichkeit-all&x=918827.18&y=5943148.86&z=8.88&zoom=2

How Punctual is SBB?
https://company.sbb.ch/en/the-company/responsibility-society-environment/customers/punctuality.html

SBB Facts and Figures - Punctuality
https://reporting.sbb.ch/punctuality

Are Swiss trains becoming less punctual, pricier and more dangerous?
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/public-transport-in-numbers_are-swiss-trains-becoming-less-punctual--pricier-and-more-dangerous--/45231238

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