SWITZERLAND - Europe by Eurail 2015: Touring Europe by Train - page 552

Distance: 59 miles (95 km)
Lucerne (Luzern)—Pilatus
Via Pilatus cogwheel railway May-October. Discounts for rail pass holders on Pil-
atus Railway. Pilatus is 7,000 feet above sea level.
Train service from Lucerne to Alpnachstad throughout the day:
Departures at 0612, 0712, and continuing hourly at 12 minutes after the hour until
2312, then 2342; journey time is 15 to 20 minutes.
Trains depart Alpnachstad for Lucerne at 29 minutes after the hour until 2329; jour-
ney time is 18 to 22 minutes.
Distance 8 miles (13 km)
Alpnachstad—Pilatus Kulm rack railway—operates daily, weather permitting.
Depart Alpnachstad at 0810, 0850, 0935, 1015, 1055, 1135, 1220, 1300, 1345,
1425, 1505, 1550, 1630, 1710, and 1750; journey time is 30 minutes
Depart Pilatus Kulm at 0845, 0930, 1010, 1050, 1130, 1215, 1255, 1340, 1420,
1500, 1545, 1625, 1705, 1745, and 1845; journey time is 40 minutes
Distance: 3 miles (5 km) Pilatus cogwheel railway
For a sobering experience, follow up lunch with a visit to The Dying Lion of Lu-
cerne. One of the world's most famous monuments, it was hewn from natural rock
in commemoration of the heroic, fatal defense by Swiss guards of Louis XVI at the
Tuileries in Paris at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1792. Mark Twain
described the Lion of Lucerne as “the saddest and most poignant piece of rock in
the world.”
Next door, you will find Lucerne's Glacier Garden Museum, which contains
remnants of Lucerne's prehistoric past that were discovered in 1872. Twenty milli-
on years ago, Lucerne was a subtropical palm beach on the ocean; 20,000 years
ago, Lucerne was covered by more than a mile of glacial ice. Don't miss it.