The GoldenPass Line

The GoldenPass Line

Two Languages, three worlds, six lakes all on one line, that's the GoldenPass Line.

In Montreux, palm trees and southern ambience still prevail along the "Swiss Riviera". French peppers the air as the golden panorama train squeezes through vineyards and gardens on its accent, one last glimpse back at Lake Geneva, a tunnel...

...then black fir trees, fast flowing streams. Soon green pastures with grazing cows as well. Cosy chalets in the valley and on the slopes and above them peaks crowned with crags; the Saanenland. The station names change from French to German. Nearby Gstaad proffers a welcome.

A change of trains in Zweisimmen and you'll soon discover a lake again, but from a different aspect, Lake Thun. White boats animate the lakescape, at Interlaken snow-capped mountains glimmer on the horizon. The train, which waits here, wishes to acquaint you with Lake Brienz and the Giessbach waterfalls near Brienz, before moving on.

From Meiringen onwards, it starts to climb uphill, onto the Brunig Pass, and from there down to central Switzerland. Once again, mountain air, pastures and cows grazing. The timber houses here are no longer chalets they are accustomed to a different climate.

On your left during the descent, Lake Lungern and Lake Sarnen plus another lake on the right; Lake Alpnach. You have reached the very heart of Switzerland.

Lake Lucerne already awaits you after a short tunnel. Lucerne, the world-renowned destination of so many travellers from around the world, lies just around the corner.

You have arrived at the terminus of the GoldenPass Line. Directly in front of the station, the lake, beyond which lies the Reuss bridge, the quaint old town and the lakeside promenade with its proud hotels.

Montreux and Lucerne, two lakeside promenades with a world in between.

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