| The Golden Pass Line is not one single train journey. | | | | possibilities; cruises on the Thun and Brienz lakes, train |
| You have to change trains at least twice between | | | | up to Jungfraujoch (the highest train station in Europe), |
| Lucerne and Montreux. The reason for the train | | | | cable car up to Schilthorn (there the James Bond film |
| changes is that the track between Lucerne and | | | | "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was filmed) and |
| Interlaken is narrow gauge. But the middle stretch, | | | | the Brienz-Rothorn steam train up to Rothorn. |
| between Interlaken and Zweisimmen, is normal gauge. | | | | The track between Interlaken and Zweisimmen is the |
| While the track between Zweisimmen and Montreux is | | | | least spectacular part of the Golden Pass Line. The |
| narrow gauge. | | | | views of the Thun Lake are nice but that's pretty |
| Lucerne in central Switzerland is easy to reach by train | | | | much it. Zweisimmen is a small town and most people |
| from both Berne and Zurich. It is also possible to arrive | | | | just change trains and continue with the narrow gauge |
| by the Wilhelm Tell Express, another scenic train | | | | train towards Montreux. |
| journey, from Lugano and Locarno. The first leg of the | | | | This part of the Golden Pass Line has the best railway |
| Golden Pass, between Lucerne and Interlaken, takes | | | | coaches in Switzerland, so you may want to book in |
| two hours and includes some beautiful mountain and | | | | advance to make sure you get a seat in one of the |
| lake scenery. | | | | panorama coaches. Some of the trains on this part |
| After leaving Lucerne the train climbs up to the Brunig | | | | have the locomotive in the middle of the train. This |
| Pass. The mountain views are beautiful, despite that | | | | means that the front coach has eight seats at the |
| the train does not climb higher than 1000 metres above | | | | front, there the train driver normally sits. These seats |
| sea level on this part of the Golden Pass Line. Then it | | | | cost extra and must be booked in advance. |
| is downhill to Meiringen. Meiringen has a Sherlock | | | | The last leg of the Golden Pass Line also crosses the |
| Holmes Museum, the fatal fight between Professor | | | | language barrier, from the German speaking part of |
| Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes took place at the | | | | Switzerland into the French speaking part. After |
| nearby Reichenbach Falls. | | | | Zweisimmen the train climbs up to Saanenmöser, |
| Interlaken is beautifully located between the Brienz and | | | | at 1269 metres above sea level, the highest station on |
| Thun Lakes. The narrow gauge line ends at Interlaken | | | | the whole Golden Pass Line. The 62 kilometre journey |
| Ost and from here the line continues to Zweisimmen. | | | | between Zweisimmen and Montreux takes almost |
| Interlaken has a lot to offer, just to mention a few | | | | two hours and the scenery is very beautiful. |