Travel author Everett Potter offers his recommendations for the most charming train rides in the country, with alpine views you won’t find anywhere else.

Jeff Wilson searches for excitement in Switzerland aboard the world’s best rail system. Television host Jeff Wilson searches for outdoor excitement in Switzerland aboard the world’s best rail system.

WHY IT RATES: The Swiss Travel Pass offers unlimited access to Switzerland's extensive public transport network for 3, 4, 6, 8, or 15 days, including trains, buses and boats. It also covers panoramic ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Visit the Pradaschier toboggan run in Churwalden at the Arosa Lenzerheide recreation area near the Bernina Express. Open year-round, it's the longest toboggan track in the ...

Embark on a 4K adventure aboard the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, a century-old steam railway linking Lake Brienz with the 2,260 m ...

Switzerland is famous for its scenic train journeys with breathtaking views of the Alps. The panoramic views on these trips ...

Switzerland’s great railways — Europe’s greatest, some might say — unzip the landscape to reveal vineyards tumbling down to lakes, meadows chiming with cowbells, waterfalls, rivers, ravines, glaciers ...

Amtrak fans claim several trains as scenic, most notably the Adirondack, California Zephyr and the Coast Starlight; and the Canadians tout their Canadian routes, at least the part between Edmonton and ...

During a trip earlier this summer, Travel Pulse contributing editor Claudette Covey interviewed Hugo Furrer, head of Swiss Travel System, SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) in Bern, Switzerland, about the ...

In Switzerland, the Gornergrat train ascends 4,900 feet from Zermatt to the Gornergrat summit, making it the second-highest railway in Europe after the Jungfraubahnen. Photograph by Artur Debat, Getty ...