My husband and I are travelling to Europe, planning to stay for about three weeks, catching trains for day trips and ...
I used Eurail to travel by train from Germany to Austria, Italy, and Switzerland and to travel locally in those countries. It was my first time using Eurail, and I bought a weeklong pass for $477.
A ticket for the plush eight-hour journey through the picturesque Swiss Alps costs about $540, tenfold the price of the train's basic fare ... Along the way, travelers pass through 91 tunnels ...
Tracing a medieval trade route through the Swiss ... the rail wasn't the same width; the gauges varied. It took 120 years to find a system bridging the gap. The world's railroads use a patchwork ...