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Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) - Extensive site. Timetables, corporate information & links. The timetable includes regional buses. [It doesn't list international coach connections nor urban transports]
Rail-info.ch - Narrow Gauge Guide Switzerland
Swiss Museum of Transports and Communication - The museum in Lucerne presents the collection in aviation, cableways, road and rail transports, telecommunications. Visitor information on the planetarium as well.
Albatros Reisen - Organizes nightliners in charter bus for group tours in Switzerland and all of Europe.
Rhaetian Railway - RhB - Scenic railway and public transportation in the canton of Grisons. Information about the network, experience coaches, and the 19 km Vereina tunnel, the world's longest narrow gauge tunnel.
Albula-Bahn-Club Bergün - Albula line is one of the most interesting of the RhB network. The club built a miniature of the line in Berguen. Includes numerous information and pictures on the Albula line (the real one).
Inforoute - Current road traffic information from TCS: road conditions, road works, alpine passes.
Funiculars of Switzerland - Database of all funiculars in Switzerland. Partially with photos and technical details.
Furka Oberalp Railway - The narrow-gauge FO has been linking Brig in the Upper Wallis Valley with Disentis in Graubünden since 1926. Short introduction, available tours, pictures.
SBB Brünig - The Brünig railway covers the scenic route between Lucerne and Interlaken. Services include GoldenPass Panorama sightseeing trains.
Brienz Rothorn Bahn - Switzerland's oldest cogwheel railway uses steam locomotives to ascend the Rothorn, a mountain that overlooks Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland.
Mt. Rigi-Railways - Two cogwheel railroads and an aerial cableway offer scenic rides to the Rigi Kulm in Central Switzerland.
Lake Lucerne Navigation Company - Steam paddlewheelers and modern diesel boats offer transportation, sightseeing, and dinner cruises on the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons.
Swiss Steam Park - Swiss Vapeur Parc in Le Bouveret, on the shores on the lake of Geneva. The 1,5 km model railway circuit (gauge 5 and 7 1/4 inches) runs through the park, the only two-level miniature railway in Europe. It includes intersecting tunnels, bridges and viaducts.
Pilatus Railways - The steepest cogwheel railway in the world climbs to 2,312 meters or 7,000 feet on Mt. Pilatus, near Lucerne.
AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Luzern - The world's longest railway tunnel will shorten Gotthard Line train schedules by an hour after its completion in 2012.
Glacier-Express - Scenic route from Zermatt to St. Moritz, by Brig, Andermatt, the Oberalp pass, Chur. With photos, timetable, and offers from the three partner railways.
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