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Switzerland Trip [21-24/03/08]

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Julian G

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How I got to Switzerland-
London City-Zurich Air France bae146 (both ways)
London City Airport is better than Heathrow, but Zurich Flughafen surprised me the most, its like Lakeside/Bluewater and all the major shopping centres combined together
The list below shows the log of journies made in Switzerland
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21/03-
RE 460-101-9 *Magic Ticket Advertisement livery*
1437 IC828 Zurich Flughafen-Zurich HB 1449

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22/03-
RE 460-022-7
1014 IR2017 Zurich HB-Schaffhausen 1052

while in Schaffhausen, i took a trolleybus to Neuhausen in order to see the spectacular Rhein Falls
RE 460-114-2 *SBB Securitans Advertisement livery*
1309 IR2026 Schaffhausen-Olten 1429

At Olten I saw four freight trains in a space of 20mins!,
*BLS Cargo 2x485s on a Intermodal
*BLS 2x465s with Piggyback Lorry service
*BLS Cargo 485 on a Intermodal
*SBB Ge 4/4? (brownish-green colour) with Vans
ETR470-406-2 (Cisalpino) i wanted to have a ride on one, the interior seems to be kind of cramped
1502 CIS44 Olten-Basel SBB 1529
Then a wander around Basel for a couple of hours
ICE1 401-07-2 hellfire 2nd class seats, sharp contrast to the 2nd class seats on the Class 390s
1907 ICE77 Basel SBB-Zurich HB 2000
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23/03-
RE 460-115-2
0937 IC565 Zurich HB-Chur 1052

Waiting for the Glacier Express
Glacier Express below: Coach #41, first coach behind leading loco 8)
Ge4/4 II-614 1115 Chur-Disentis Mustér 1228
HGe 4/4 II 106 1244 Disentis Mustér-Brig 1530 (it was meant to arrive at 1515 *but would anyone really care about a delay if they have fanstastic scenery to enjoy!)
RE 460-100-1 *Schweizer Frnsehen Advertisment livery
1549 IC835 Brig-Zurich 1758- At Frutigen we passed 4xbrown BLS locos at the head of a freight train
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24/03
ZVV SZU Be522+Be521 - Uetlibergbahn
1306 S10 1109 Zurich HB-Uetliberg 1326
There was snow everywhere
ZVV SZU Be525+Be526 - Uetlibergbahn
1407 Uetliberg-Zurich HB 1428

and finally
Rabde 500-005-4+Rabde 500-025-2 (ICN)
1710 ICN 531 Zurich HB-Zurich Flughafen
While the ICN was leaving I saw one of the RE 4/4 in Cargo livery arriving into Zurich HB
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I like the German announcer in the SBB trains, the seats on all trains are comfortable
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What I want to do when I go to Switzerland next time
*Do the Bernina Express
*Do the Lotschberg Pass
*Go to Olten again :razz:
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Photos coming soon
 
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Correction Julian Veg G, LHR and LCY serve London, LCY is just closer to London for Accesiblitly.
 

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Correction Julian Veg G, LHR and LCY serve London, LCY is just closer to London for Accesiblitly.

Correction: So does London Luton,(London) Stansted, London Gatwick
LCY is compact and is easy to get to, Heathrow is a right mess,



It was an excellent trip :)
 
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