Was on the SBB.CH/EN site looking into Zermatt to St. Mortiz trip for 4-JUN. It looks like all the non-Glacier Express trains go from Zermatt-Vosp-Zurich-Chur-St.Moritz. Do any of the non-Glacier Express trains travel the same route as the Glacier Express trains without going to Zurich? Otherwise, guess we just have to pay to reserve the Glacier Express. Please help - thanks.
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London, United Kingdom
4684 posts
The SBB site probably isn't showing you the trains that follow the Glacier Express route as they're much slower and it assumes you want to go by the less direct but quicker express route. Try searching on the SBB site for journeys via Andermatt. Alternatively you can try the sites of the two railway companies (not the SBB) that operate the route of the Glacier Express: the Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn and the Rhaetian Railway.
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Tilburg, Netherlands
2829 posts
SBB website looks for the faster route. Select Oberwald or Andermatt as an intermediate stop and it shall inform the normal trains on that route. On June 4h the conventional trains on that route depart Zermatt 7h39, 11h39, 12h39, 13h39 and 14h39. 4 transfers are required (all on small stations easy to navigate)
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Fort Pain, Alabama, USA
41 posts
Rickniks: this is ONE of my "pet peeves" of the computer-era !!! I'm 66, and when i was "training" i used rail maps and Thomas Cook's rail timetables. These allow the traveller to visualize routes !!! Today there is TOO much dependance on the computer to outline/print a route. Having actually been Zermatt-St Moritz on the Glacier Express route, i know it can be done, without paying those OUTRAGEOUS RIP-OFF Glacier Express prices !!!
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New Paltz, NY
9110 posts
Looks like Joe has decided to bless everyone with his presence and come out of the shadows!!!