Switzerland's Amazing Train Rides

Join host Jeff Wilson and PBS award-winning photographers as they ride through a Swiss Alps train adventure. The wonders of the Alps exhilarate travelers as they travel through stunning scenic routes and the great, iconic Matterhorn, a 14,600-foot peak that overlooks the charming town of Zermatt, Switzerland.

Go sightseeing on the Glacier Express, 7 and half hour railway journey, high in the Swiss Alps, across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass on the highest point at 2,033 m (6,670 ft) in altitude.

Travel to the ‘Top of Europe’ along the Wengernalp-bahn, the longest continuous track and pinion railway, and transfer to the Jungfrau railway running 9 km to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch.

Take a trip up the Pilatus-bahn, with a maximum gradient of 48% and average gradient of 35% making it the steepest cog railway in the word.