Page 272 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Switzerland

GETTING
AROUND

NEED TO KNOW Getting Around retreat, discover how best to reach your destination and travel like a pro.
Whether you are visiting for a short city break, a ski weekend or a rural

Arriving by Air
AT A GLANCE
Zürich and Geneva airports are the main
PUBLIC TRANSPORT COSTS
hubs for long-haul flights into Switzerland.
Transatlantic flights are provided by SWISS, the
BERN
SF 2.60
United Airlines, Delta and Air Canada. Both
airports also offer flights to all major European
cities with SWISS and a large number of carriers,
One-way national airline, as well as American Airlines,
tram, bus, trolley bus including several budget airlines, such as
easyJet, which has a hub at Geneva.
GENEVA A number of smaller airports at Bern, Basel
SF 3.00 and Lugano also serve destinations within
Europe. The airports of Sion, St Gallen and
Engadin are used more for private business
One-way jets and internal flights than for scheduled
tram, bus, ferry, local train
international departures.
ZÜRICH For information on distances and journey
times between airports and cities, see the
SF 2.70 table opposite.
One-way Train Travel
bus, tram, local train
International Train Travel
TOP TIP Situated at the crossroads of major European
Major cities offer travel passes, better value routes, Switzerland has excellent international
if you plan to use public transport often. rail links. Regular high-speed trains connect the
country to all major cities in the neigh bouring
countries of France, Germany, Austria and Italy,
SPEED LIMIT and beyond. Train journeys into the country
DUAL can often compete with flights on price, and,
MOTORWAY CARRIAGEWAYS for some short-haul routes, are not very much
longer than flights door to door. Additionally,
120 100 the opening of the 57-km- (36-mile-) long
Gotthard Base Tunnel – the world’s longest
km/h km/h railway tunnel – in 2016 has significantly
(75mph) (62mph) reduced rail journey times for passengers
transiting the Alps.
Making reservations early is strongly
recommended, especially on overnight sleeper
SECONDARY URBAN
ROAD AREAS trains, as tickets get booked up quickly. Eurail
and Interrail sell tickets for multiple interna-
80 50 tional journeys and international rail passes for
trips lasting from five days up to three months.
km/h km/h Eurail
(50mph) (31mph) ∑ eurail.com
Interrail
∑ interrail.eu

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