For 80 years, this minimalist design with a distinctive red second hand has been a fixture in the country’s train stations. By Palko Karasz Reporting from Berlin In the 1940s, Hans Hilfiker, a ...

Alpine playgrounds, unforgettable train rides and white-water rafting feature in our readers’ family trips from Norway to the Netherlands ...

In 2018, online train booking service Loco2 carried out Europe's first-ever train comparison report on behalf of Rail Europe, exploring "which European rail operators best address the needs of ...

I smile as Silvia – our tour leader on Intrepid’s eight-day Best of Switzerland rail trip – guides us confidently through Zurich’s main station, tickets to Lucerne in hand. Though Italian, Silvia now ...

Europe’s perfect one-day journey? After travelling through one country and two degrees of latitude, I think I can name it. To find the deepest south point in Switzerland, begin in Italy: ideally, Como ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on safety and sustainability. Dianna and John Mellers had no idea what Swisstainable meant until they ...

Can you use railway tracks not just to carry trains, but to generate the very electricity that powers them? Well, Switzerland is putting the unusual idea to the test. In a Rs 6.04 crore (585,000 Swiss ...