Swiss trains are not bad and they are undoubtedly kept clean, but the punctuality is rather a myth. Especially commuter trains regularly have significant delays.
Swiss trains are not bad, but not necessarily "better" than other railways in Europe and certainly not "best".
I haven't really used the commuter trains that much besides the Geneva-Zurich train. I think the Swiss trains are much better than the Dutch, French and British trains. The British trains are really bad (makes crazy amount of noise)
I like French TGVs better than our Swiss IC trains. Yes, we are a small country and perhaps we don’t need such fast trains as TGV… but aren’t they beautiful!
I have been a commuter on some big commuter lines for 15+ years and it is actually very punctual.
I have also been on trains in a bunch of different places and I never been in a place where I thought, man train travel here is better then in Switerland.
Some inner city transport is certainty better in many places.
The guy who made this video is the opposite of a tourist board member, he is somebody that has spend most of his live traveling around.
That argument apply to any country. I am not sure which numbers, maybe you can link them.
Your personal experience seems to differ quite a bit from mine, as I can't say Swiss trains are better than your average (Central) European trains. They may be a bit cleaner, but that's about it.
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[ 551 ms ] story [ 1621 ms ] threadSwiss trains are not bad and they are undoubtedly kept clean, but the punctuality is rather a myth. Especially commuter trains regularly have significant delays.
Swiss trains are not bad, but not necessarily "better" than other railways in Europe and certainly not "best".
I have also been on trains in a bunch of different places and I never been in a place where I thought, man train travel here is better then in Switerland.
Some inner city transport is certainty better in many places.
The guy who made this video is the opposite of a tourist board member, he is somebody that has spend most of his live traveling around.
Mind you, commuter trains with 30 minute intervals.
Check out Swiss newspapers, plenty of complaints.
And again, I didn't say Switzerland is worse, just that all that praise is mostly a hype.
Nobody claims Switzerland is magical, but that doesn't mean its wrong to make a video to give some props. Its not hype.
Your personal experience seems to differ quite a bit from mine, as I can't say Swiss trains are better than your average (Central) European trains. They may be a bit cleaner, but that's about it.