Switzerland In Focus - Discover Switzerland: Experience the Best of Switzerland - page 598

Chocolate Train ( www.mob.ch ) Return trip in a belle époque Pullman car from Montreux to
the chocolate factory at Broc.
Mont Blanc/St Bernard Expresses ( www.tmrsa.ch ) From Martigny to Chamonix, France,
or over the St Bernard Pass.
By Boat & Rail
The Wilhelm Tell Express ( 041 367 67 67; www.wilhelmtellexpress.ch ; adult standard/premium
Sfr169/209, Swiss Pass free, standard/premium supplement Sfr39/79; May-Oct) starts with a wonder-
ful 2½-hour cruise across Lake Lucerne to Flüelen, from where a train winds its way through ravines and past
mountains to Locarno.
Travel Passes
Passes are an excellent means of getting around Switzerland. Most offer some combina-
tion of free and discounted travel on trains, boats, cable cars and/or postal buses.
Find comprehensive information on the many passes at ht-
tp://traintickets.myswitzerland.com .
European Rail Passes
Eurail and Inter Rail passes are valid on Swiss national railways. However, you cannot
use them on postal buses, city transport, many cable cars and some private train lines
(Eurail does offer a 25% discount on the Zermatt route and the Jungfraubahn routes at the
heart of the Bernese Oberland).
Swiss Travel Passes
The following national travel passes generally offer better savings than Eurail or Inter Rail
passes on extensive travel within Switzerland.
Passes can be purchased in the UK from the Switzerland Travel Centre ( www.stc.co.uk )
. In the US, Rail Europe ( www.raileurope.com ) sells the range of passes. In Switzerland, lar-
ger train stations sell passes, including the one in the basement at Zürich's airport.