Why Swiss Trains Are the Best in Europe [video]

mariorojas · on July 23, 2022

I live in Morelia, Mexico and I'd love this kinda public transportation, here the things are so different...

fortnum · on July 23, 2022

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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".

panick21_ · on July 23, 2022

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.

fortnum · on July 23, 2022

Not in my experience, delays of a couple of minutes are standard and 15 to 20 minute delays are not unheard of.

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.

panick21_ · on July 25, 2022

Of course Swiss people will always complain stuff like that. But the numbers speak pretty clearly and my personal experience is the same.

Nobody claims Switzerland is magical, but that doesn't mean its wrong to make a video to give some props. Its not hype.

fortnum · on July 25, 2022

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.

Moldoteck · on July 23, 2022

Out of curiosity, can you give an example of where we can find better trains than in Switzerland?

atemerev · on July 23, 2022

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!

fortnum · on July 23, 2022

I didn't say Swiss trains are worse.

tjader · on July 23, 2022

'certainly not "best"' implies they are worse than at least one other country.

wdb · on July 23, 2022

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)