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Today we’re back in Switzerland to ride the lesser know, yet still SPECTACULAR Mountain Tourist Train. Most people have heard of the Bernina and Glacier Express services, but have you heard of the Golden Pass Express?
I’m with @OMtheRails for this amazing journey from Montreux to Interlaken on the NEW GPX trains – in the top tier ‘Prestige Class’. These are the first coaches in the world to change both gauge and ride height whilst on the move… so join us and we’ll go and check them out together!
#Switzerland #MOB #GoldenPass #Montreux #Interlaken #TrainWindowViews
Date of Filming: 5/5/24
Camera: GoPro Hero 12 Black
Operator: M.O.B (Montreux Oberland Bernois)
Departure: Montreux, Switzerland
Arrival: Interlaken, Switzerland
Cost: Prestige Class – 145.00 Swiss Francs (£130.28, €156.15, $164.34)
First Class – 116.00 Swiss Francs (£104.26, €124.94, $131.44)
Second Class – 76.00 Swiss Francs (£68.31, €81.87, $86.12)
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00:00 – Intro
01:26 – Arrival at Montreux Station & Tour
02:52 – To The Platforms & Train Info
03:40 – Boarding
04:08 – The Level8 Christmas Sale!
04:46 – First Impressions & Route Info
05:30 – Departure & Pricing
07:00 – Prestige Class Seat Tour
08:52 – Climbing High: Lake Geneva & Alpine Views
10:06 – Exploring the Rest of the Train
11:02 – Calling at Château-d’Oex & #TrainWindowViews
12:24 – To the Summit of the Line
13:28 – Gauge Changing at Zweisimmen
15:54 – Fantastic Onboard Dining!
16:22 – The Final Stretch: Awesome Lake Views
17:16 – Trip Summary
17:58 – Arrival at Interlaken
18:58 – Outro
47 Comments
I took the Golden Pass Express in August traveling on a first-class Eurail pass. The ride was splendid. And I agree, Interlaken is the best place in Switzerland to visit.
I took this Golden Pass on a May, it was still during the time that we need to change trains in Zweissimen. But unlike your experience of having snow, it was a scorching 30 degree summer heat with intense humidity. Even this Filipino who is used to hot weather was complaining 😂
Took the train in April, 2023 when the new trains were limited to the narrow gauge due to problems with the gauge changing equipment. Despite that the trip was incredible and look forward to more train adventures in Europe in 2026.
Bom dia boa viagem trem luxuosos lindo trem da Suíça 1:56
I took the route from Geneva to Lucerne then eglenberg in month of August, the best month to visit Switzerland. Of course that was before YouTube existed. I have some photos now no videos. It was 15 years back
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Is BEST 💪🇨🇭💪
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Etraf zaten çok güzel 👍
What a hard life you lead. Switzerland I found to be even more extortionate than Norway. The Swiss themselves cross their borders to shop in the cheaper E.U.. 👍🏻🏴
Glad to see these run through now. Last I did it (many years ago) you had to change trains to something much less luxurious from Zweisimmen to Interlaken.
Great video !!
Looks good, but I would be amazed if the gradient is 30%. That's steep for a funicular!
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Very nice! Trainwindowviews is a good hashtag 😅
We took this train, was not this new equipment. We went to that exact Migrolino for snacks and food as even though we had first class tickets there wasn't food services. (Maybe water and hot drinks? Been too long I don't remember.) They were elevated over the other classes. However the route was exactly the same. Was an amazing journey!
Realy Nice Video. It is intresting you did not find weelchairspaces though. To meet the requirements of the laws in switzerland MOB had to buy one couch per trainset with level boarding and wheelschairspaces. I dont know if or why this was not in use in your set. Also the maximum gradient of the line is not 30%. Dont know where this number is from. That would be impossible to do without a rack if even. Its 72 ‰ but thats allready a very much for a adhesion based railway.
Summer 2022 I made an Interrail Eurotrip.
There was no reservation fee, but I only used it to Spiez.
My guess is this train serves as a local/regional train there and then there are other trains from Spiez, so it can charge more.
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Absolutely stunning train!
Steve Marsh stayed in Freddie Mercury hotel 😀
This is one for my bucket list. Stunning!
why can’t all train in the world have interior like this, why do I have to sit in plastic chairs and almost non existent air con
Great trip and yeah great train.
it's so beautiful IRL 😀 I remember our trip to CH, couln't have asked for anything better 🙂
Switzerland is most certainly on my bucket list, amazing scenery. Great job.
I've travelled from chur to st moritz
9:17
That orange juice said "Hell nah, I'm out of here"
which rail pass is better in switzerland, Eurail or Swiss Travel Pass? i liv in the US
Oh my gosh that train plushie is so cute! We need more train plushies!
I went to Switzerland once and stayed near Geneva. I took the golden pass train for the day. I loved it there and I wanted to stay there.
I love Switzerland and would love to live there.
Do you think that Switzerland has the prettiest scenery in Europe?
12:47 I know of Gastaad, because Alexis in Dynasty (Dame Joan Collins) Dex (Michael Nader) and Amanda (Catherine Oxenburg) were all there at one point
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I have been on trains in Switzerland, but no scenic ones.
I still cried while I was onboard, for two reasons: 1. The scenery was just breathtaking; 2. The price I had to pay to be there.
I travelled from Zurich to Lucerne, from Lucerne to Bern, and from Bern to Lausanne. No panoramic trains, but the scenery was still amazing.
Great video of this fantastic train!
As I work for the MOB, here are some small things I would like to add:
For accessibility, MOB recently recieved new low level coaches, with wheel chair areas and level boarding with the platforms.
Yor pronounciation of Chateau-d'Œx was spot on! However for Gstaad you pronounced it more like 'Guestaad' (but don't worry, even for us french speakers it's difficult to say it correctly😅)
For the maximum gradient of the route, it's 7% (1 in 14), 30% is already steep for a rack railway, it would be impossible for adhesion rolling stock to climb this!
Next time you come, make sure to check out the GoldenPass Belle Epoque with lovely old coaches, or the GoldenPass Panoramic with forwards seats having an unobstructed view of the tracks ahead!
I wouldn’t publicise the trains or the country! Ridiculous prices and scenery better elsewhere
Love the rains. Heated seats, clouds, hot chocolate we are all set for winter travel in Swiss. When will amtrak get heated seats..never is obvious answer.
Great video, thanks. We love Switzerland (my husband worked there for a couple of years in the 90s), and go whenever we can to visit friends and travel on what we call the “Swiss Federal Train Set” – it has the greatest integrated public transport network in Europe, if not the World. It used to be considered expensive, but I’d say that travelling on the UK’s trains nowadays is about the same, and there are several ways of making it less expensive – The Inter-rail and Swiss Travel Passes for example. We look forward to taking the Golden Pass train next time we’re there (probably 2025). We’ve done the MOB and it’s a great trip with amazing scenery; but then Switzerland has amazing scenery just about anywhere in the country.
Montreux on Lake Geneva? Must be new and built after Freddy Mercury's demise. My canton of Vaud has a chique city called Montreux . It is on Lac Léman, which is part Swiss, part French.
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And who's in the premium class? Mostly railway staff travelling on an pass or even in uniform.
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I love their Style of station modernization with the piebald passage at Montreaux. To translate Middle European grade calculations multiply the distance by 100 – so 30% is actually 3% = three feet (or three meters) of elevation in 300 feet (or 300 meters) of linear distance.
The precision of Swiss trains allows for some really tight transfers! I took a connecting train from Lausanne to Montreux to get to the Golden Pass Express. The train that I took arrived at 9:31am, so I only had three minutes to make my connection to the Golden Pass Express train. I was quite relieved to discover that I just had to walk across the platform!
For all people who are low on money: Seat reservations aren‘t mandatory (recommended though), that means, you can just sit in and take your first or second class seat if there is enough space!
3:45 they have now added a fifth carriage to the sets which have level boarding and are accessible!
Έλα στην ελλάδα φίλε να ταξιδέψεις από το διακοπτό στα καλάβρυτα και από τον βόλο στο πήλιο για να δεις τι θα πει πραγματική ομορφιά και τουριστικά τρένα . Ωστόσο και το συγκεκριμένο βίντεο που μας παρουσιάσει ήταν εξαιρετικό μπράβο σου…