{"id":1530,"date":"2019-08-12T21:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2019-08-13T13:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T11:11:07","slug":"scenic-europe-train-ride-for-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/scenic-europe-train-ride-for-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernina Express: A Scenic Europe Train Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bernina Express tourist train trek through the Alps is:<\/p>\n

“one of the most scenic train rides in Europe, or for that matter, the world.”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 … train guru Mark Smith<\/a>, The Man In Seat 61<\/em><\/p>\n

“…an incredible excursion … very tough to beat”<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 … Everett Potter<\/a>, Forbes<\/em><\/p>\n

“Is this the most spectacular railway journey in Europe?”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 … Roshina Jowaheer<\/a>, Good Housekeeping<\/em><\/p>\n

Talk about rave reviews!\u00a0 I had gushed over Alps scenery during a Christmas rail ride to the Iceman<\/a> museum in Bolzano, hungered to see more of the same.\u00a0 A pessimistic weather forecast nixed a planned August trip to Galicia.\u00a0 I spotted a single free window seat on a southbound Bernina<\/a> in the same week, impulsively made travel plans.<\/p>\n

What follow are mostly photos.\u00a0 Click if you want to see ’em bigger; I maxed out my freebie Flickr account<\/a>, choose to make do here.<\/del>\u00a0 \u00a0Edit, 8\/13\/19<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 Better still, view high-res images in their own directory<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Tourists contemplating this trip will get more practical information from the above-linked Seat 61 page and accompanying video<\/a>, with one small qualification: Mr. Smith did the trip from south to north.\u00a0 \u00a0I took mine the other way around.<\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/p>\n

\"IR<\/a>
IR 13, Zurich Airport | Copr. \u00a9 2019 Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An IR 13 zips past my camera at the Zurich Airport rail platform.<\/p>\n

The southbound Bernina Express runs from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy.\u00a0 Not from Zurich, or anywhere close to Zurich; from Chur, which you’ve probably never heard of.<\/p>\n

Gotta get there first.\u00a0 Thankfully, you’re traveling in Switzerland, a straphanger’s Shangri-La.\u00a0 Visit https:\/\/online.fahrplan.zvv.ch\/bin\/query.exe\/en<\/a> , contemplate the many available hourly choices while crafting a transit route of your own.\u00a0\u00a0I could have opted for a shorter Zurich-to-Chur rail ride, but didn’t want to suffer a senior moment while navigating a transfer on unfamiliar turf, so opted for the longer, no-transfer trip on the IR 13.<\/p>\n

I didn’t buy my IR 13 ticket in advance, instead wielded a credit card to buy my ride from the bank of fare machines above the Zurich airport rail platform.<\/p>\n

(Warning: I think I had to use a credit card equipped with an RFID<\/a> chip, identified with a WiFi’ish symbol.\u00a0 Good thing I had one.\u00a0 I didn’t see a slot for a conventional card, which doesn’t mean that the slot wasn’t there.\u00a0 Old geezer, easily confused; you know how these things are.\u00a0 ‘Course, I also could have paid cash with Swiss francs.)<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/a>
Interior, IR 13\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interior of the first class cabin of the IR 13.\u00a0 I probably didn’t collect much of a dividend for the small first class price premium, with one exception: the cabin was mostly empty.\u00a0 I could stretch out, move easily from side to side to ogle scenery.<\/p>\n

Platform signage tells travelers where to board first class cars.\u00a0 A local helped me; I would have struggled to figure it out on my own.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View, IR 13 train\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Closer to Zurich than to Chur, at this point in the ride.<\/p>\n

\"Scenery<\/a>
Scenery, IR 13 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The little shed dealie in the foreground has something to do with the adjacent garden plot.\u00a0 Expect to pass many similar plots en route.\u00a0 Sorry I can’t tell you more; the operator ignored my many requests to stop the train so I could run across the field to ask questions.<\/p>\n

\"Between<\/a>
From IR 13\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How’d you like to live way up high on the side of the mountain like that, eh?\u00a0 Rather an attractive country.<\/p>\n

\"Chur,<\/a>
Chur, Switzerland | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Postrasse in Chur, a ten minute stroll south of ‘Bahnhof Chur’ (the Chur train station).\u00a0 My battle plan was to overnight in Chur, awaken bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to enjoy my 8:32 a.m. departure the next day on the Bernina Express.<\/p>\n

\"Bridge<\/a>
Copr. \u00a9 2019 Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bridge in Chur.\u00a0 I can’t find it now in StreetView, but still would confidently wager many francs that it crosses the Plessur<\/a>, a Rhine tributary.\u00a0 \u00a0Process of elimination; the only other Chur-proximate river is the Rhine itself, which is just a wee bit bigger.<\/p>\n

\"Buildings<\/a>
Buildings in Chur | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eagle-eyed photographers already may have divined that I didn’t do this trip in Sunny 16 weather.\u00a0 A humongous thunderstorm sent me running for cover before or after taking this shot.\u00a0 I holed up at the Restaurant Calanda<\/a>, and there immensely enjoyed watching the rain hammer down from my dry, awning-protected patio table, despite the vile fumes excreted by many nearby cigarette smokers.<\/p>\n

\"Chur,<\/a>
Chur, Switzerland train station | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, all rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bahnhof Chur, snapped before joining the other eager sight seers awaiting arrival of our southbound Bernina.<\/p>\n

So which platform do you go to?\u00a0 Almost always platform 10, but you can check the big LCD screens in the under-the-tracks tunnel to be sure.<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/a>
Bernina Express | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think that these were the only empty seats in my car.\u00a0 A foursome likely overslept or missed their connection.\u00a0 Sorry, folks.\u00a0 I’d feel bad, too.\u00a0 Other riders moved eagerly in and out of these seats for picture snappin’ as the train moved south.<\/p>\n

\"Bernina<\/a>
Bernina Express | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ride gets underway!\u00a0 Note reflections.\u00a0 (Hard not to notice them.)\u00a0 I took all shots from my seat, only learned later from the Seat 61 video that I might also have bagged reflection-free photos from the sliding window in the baggage area.\u00a0 \u00a0It might have been for the best that I didn’t know.\u00a0 Plenty of rain during the trip.<\/p>\n

This seat was occupied, but my table mate spent a lot of time elsewhere during the ride.\u00a0 \u00a0Chatting with his wife, or maybe nabbing better photos than these through that sliding baggage window.\u00a0 \u00a0 He can send me a link to humiliate me.<\/p>\n

\"Town<\/a>
Town in Alps | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I like the shot enough to include it in this post, can tell you nothing more.<\/p>\n

\"Near<\/a>
Near the summit\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recorded announcements inform riders of route landmarks en route.\u00a0 The recording had something to say about what you see here, but I didn’t put down my camera to take notes.\u00a0 We were near the high point.\u00a0 I remember that much.<\/p>\n

These snowy peaks inspired much excitement and smartphone photography among fellow riders.\u00a0\u00a0I could have booked my Bernina Express ride in winter, wonder now if I should have.<\/p>\n

\"Passing<\/a>
Passing a herd\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was partial to shots that showed the prow of the train moving forward, although all such shots show glare on the left side of the frame.\u00a0 I’m too coarse a guy to care.<\/p>\n

This also was snapped near the high point of the route.<\/p>\n

\"Bernina<\/a>
In the Alps | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The train stopped for fifteen minutes near the tippy-top to allow riders to get out and bag selfies.\u00a0 I didn’t want to grapple with an umbrella and my dSLR at the same time, lazily chose to remain in the cabin.<\/p>\n

But, next best thing: I’m pretty sure that the scene shown is what everyone was taking pix of during the rest stop.<\/p>\n

\"House<\/a>
House and clouds | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A “farm house,” I want to say, but I don’t know that it is.\u00a0 \u00a0Click to view full size and you’ll see what could be a solar panel affixed to the roof.\u00a0 Or perhaps a gizmo for satellite internet.\u00a0 I’m not modern enough to know.<\/p>\n

\"House<\/a>
Copr \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another “farm house,” with a similar rooftop panel.<\/p>\n

\"Town<\/a>
View: Bernina Express | Copr \u00a9 2019 Tim Adams,Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A town en route.\u00a0 A seriously pretty<\/span> town, at least from afar.\u00a0 How’d you like to be a kid here?<\/p>\n

\"Town<\/a>
View: Bernina Express\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Same burg, I think.\u00a0 Not positive.\u00a0 I wouldn’t bet.<\/p>\n

\"Approaching<\/a>
Brusio Spiral | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I managed to reach retirement age without knowledge of the ‘Brusio Spiral,’ but now write confidently that it qualifies as a landmark in its own right, even rates a separate Wikipedia entry.\u00a0 Skeptical?\u00a0 Click here<\/a> to see me vindicated.<\/p>\n

“Built to limit the railway’s gradient at that location within its specified maximum of 7%,”\u00a0 says Wikipedia.\u00a0 Sounds reasonable to me.<\/p>\n

We were nearing the end of the ride at this point.\u00a0 I could have snapped pix as the Bernina cruised through Tirona, didn’t bother.\u00a0 You often get what you pay for on this blog.<\/p>\n

\"Trains<\/a>
Trains at Milano Centrale | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, all rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seat 61 will offer you practical information on the Tirano-to-Milan leg of the trip.\u00a0 I shamelessly cut directly from my Bernina Express ride to Milano Centrale, as I found nothing I especially craved to photograph between the two.\u00a0 Sorry.<\/p>\n

The Bernina Express station is directly beside the Trenitalia station in Tirano.\u00a0 Step off, wend your considerate and solicitous way past other disembarking riders, look for the Trenitalia platforms.\u00a0 Easy.\u00a0 Maybe ten minutes.\u00a0 I had expected to twiddle thumbs in Tirano for two hours while waiting for the 15:08 regional to Milan, but was able to catch the earlier 13:08, although the Bernina had pulled in (on schedule) only nineteen minutes earlier.\u00a0 Not bad.<\/p>\n

I bought my Trenitalia tickets in advance at https:\/\/www.trenord.it\/en\/home.aspx<\/a> , which also served up Malpensa Express tix from Milano Centrale to the Malpensa airport.\u00a0 Click around, check out time tables.<\/p>\n

\"Train<\/a>
Train, Milano Centrale\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 Tim Adams, Creative Commons CC BY 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I brought along my ultra wide angle 14-24, which lets me take weird shots like this.<\/p>\n

\"Interior<\/a>
Centrale | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, all rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You’re impressed!\u00a0 You never knew that Milan includes such a striking central train station.\u00a0 You want to know more.\u00a0 And you can<\/span>, but not here.\u00a0 I’m tired of thinking of stuff to write under these photos, want to wrap up this entry.\u00a0 Wikipedia offers history<\/a>; Seat 61, practical travel information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Duomo<\/a>
Duomo di Milano in Milan, Italy | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, all rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll guesstimate that tourists are now snapping a half-dozen photos nearly identical to the image above in the time it takes you to read this paragraph, at least if the paragraph has earned your attention during Milan’s daylight hours.\u00a0 \u00a0The Duomo pulls TripAdvisor’s #1 slot<\/a> on Milan ‘things to do.’<\/p>\n

\"Galleria<\/a>
Galleria\u00a0 | Copr. \u00a9 2019 by Tim Adams, all rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My favorite shot in this post, but it doesn’t have much to do with the train ride.\u00a0 I wandered around Milan for a few hours before shacking up in my hotel, caught the Malpensa Express to the airport the next day.<\/p>\n

How about other routes between Zurich and Milan?\u00a0 \u00a0I will defer once again to the expert Man in Seat 61<\/em>, who describes a three hour, forty minute, as-cheap-as-39\u20ac EuroCity rail<\/a> ride THROUGH<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0the Alps, via the three year old Gotthard Base Tunnel<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Longest and deepest travel tunnel on the planet!<\/p>\n

We Americans will quickly think of making the 293 kilometer \/ 182 mile trip by air.\u00a0 \u00a0You could; Swiss Air sells non-stops for as little as 160\u20ac.\u00a0 \u00a0 Fifty-five minutes in the air, but I doubt you’ll save time over the EuroCity after factoring in transit treks to and from both airports, unless you’re daring enough to arrive significantly less than an hour before departure.<\/p>\n

* * * * *<\/p>\n

8\/13\/19<\/span>:<\/strong> Wanna look at high-res copies of the pics above?\u00a0 You can!\u00a0 Visit:<\/p>\n

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