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The Glacier Express Pulls In to Brig
My ride's here.
The Glacier Express is a train route through the Swiss Alps that is a functional and practical part of the national railway system, yet is at the same time targeted to sight-seers. The passenger cars have very large panoramic windows, and skylights running down either edge of the roof to make it easier to take in all the tall views the Alps have to offer. There are a few recorded bits of travel-guide-type narrative that play at certain key points of the ride, and they try to sell you guidebooks and other souvenirs on route.
I was sorely tempted to buy a guidebook---I always want to know exactly where I am at any point in any trip, including on planes---but I had bought a 1:250,000 Hallwag atlas at the Basel SBB to try to follow along the old-fashioned way.
The full length of the Glacier Express route is 151 miles long, and takes over seven hours. I opted to take only the central four-hour chunk, whose beginning and end points were closer to the places I had to begin and end my day. Even so, I had a couple of hours worth of train rides on either end of my Glacier Express ride, so I was signed up to spend 11 or 12 hours on trains on this, my last day in Europe.
The Glacier Express Pulls In to Brig
My ride's here.
The Glacier Express is a train route through the Swiss Alps that is a functional and practical part of the national railway system, yet is at the same time targeted to sight-seers. The passenger cars have very large panoramic windows, and skylights running down either edge of the roof to make it easier to take in all the tall views the Alps have to offer. There are a few recorded bits of travel-guide-type narrative that play at certain key points of the ride, and they try to sell you guidebooks and other souvenirs on route.
I was sorely tempted to buy a guidebook---I always want to know exactly where I am at any point in any trip, including on planes---but I had bought a 1:250,000 Hallwag atlas at the Basel SBB to try to follow along the old-fashioned way.
The full length of the Glacier Express route is 151 miles long, and takes over seven hours. I opted to take only the central four-hour chunk, whose beginning and end points were closer to the places I had to begin and end my day. Even so, I had a couple of hours worth of train rides on either end of my Glacier Express ride, so I was signed up to spend 11 or 12 hours on trains on this, my last day in Europe.