Golden Pass Express Interlaken – Gstaad – Montreux, Switzerland a scenic track gauge changing train

Golden Pass Express Interlaken – Gstaad – Montreux, Switzerland a scenic track gauge changing train

Today we’ll be riding the golden pass Express from interlagen to Montreal what makes this train unique is the capability to change the width of the tracks so it can run both on the standard gate strikes and on the Narrow Gauge straps and while this is not

Unique on its own this is the only train that can do this for narrow gate railway lines and of course the scenery from this train is stunning because this is where this train ride is all about so join me on board of this unique track casing Trend between standard Gates and

Narrow Gates I mean gating chains are not unique on its own because you find them in many places in the world but attract gate changing train to narrow gate is quite unique if you like this video give me a thumbs up if you’d like to see more traffic reports about more sustainable

Ways of transportation mainly focusing cross-bordering and or in Long Distance traveling then hit the Subscribe button but for now that’s right [Applause] [Applause] And our journey starts at the railway station of Interlaken posts or Interlaken East I arrived here with the Luzan Interlaken Express and this train is also a part of the golden pass line however for this section you will have a different trade actually the lieutenant Interlaken Express is the only train

Along the golden pass where you find a dining car I covered this train in another trip report about two years ago so I didn’t made a trip report this time and even though I made a video already about the golden passwords between intellect and M12 that wasn’t on the

Direct train and this is something new that has been launched well not that long ago anyway before we go to the train let’s discover the railway station of Interlaken post a bit over here you find several Railway companies for example the battleland Oberlin ban and if you’re traveling with eurail or interrail it’s

Not valid on those trades you will get a discount though however if you use a Swiss pass you can just hop on those trains as well and if you have internet or URL well you can buy a discounted tickets both the train of the battle and Oberlin

Band but also the central album that’s the train company for the Lucian Interlaken Express will use narrow Gates railway lines apart from that Joseph and thunder gate tracks and these are basically the main line trains from and to Interlaken you’ll find a lot of domestic trains obviously but there were also trains to

Hamburg in Germany and to Berlin in Germany this railway station is also the starting point for Railway passengers going to the young fayor this is the highest railway station in all of Europe it might be interesting to go here for a future video but well I need someone to

Sponsor me for this because the young for your trades are really pricey anyway at track number one you find some lockers and a little bit more at the side from track number one there’s a small waiting room inside and there are some ticket counters these are mainly

For the banner Oberlin band but I bet you can also buy other domestic Railway tickets over here at the front of the Railway Station there are quite some bus stops I mean it’s still a public transportation hub even though the town of Interlaken has less people living here than daily

Passengers that will use this railway station this is all free thing to do with the touristic character of this railway station in this town most hotels though are located near the railway station of Interlaken West what is about a 15 minute walk from here but our train also comes there

Anyway let’s go back to the railway station and discover a little bit more what you can find around here if you have too much money you can also take a taxi and you find those here on their right but I guess if you have that amount of money to spend you better take

The train to the young value I mean I’d love to go there and especially with the weather I had on this day it would have been perfect a little bit more at the side there’s no tourist information point and you find quite a lot of maps and especially about

The trains that go up on the mountain I think you have an impression about this railway station I think it’s also time to go to my truck what I didn’t show you yet in the video though from here you also find boats along the Brilliance Lake and these boats are

Being operated by the railway company BLS that’s also the railway company that will be operating the golden pass Express until their railway station of the semen if you’re traveling with eurail or interrail you can also take those boats and obviously with a space pass you can do this as well

And also if you’re drafting with interior or Euro you can take the golden pass Express however I really recommend you to make a reservation and especially if you want to travel in an excellent class of first class anyway this is our train coming in being pulled by a BLS locomotive what is the

Company that is of responsible for the first section of this route until the railway station right after that we find our track chains gates in train that will take us all the way to Montreux there’s one second class carrots at the front and this one will only go as far as twice

Even obviously on the numbers 1 and 2 at the side of the train you know where the first and second class is and digital screens at this side will host root information the cards member and the final destination so you know you’re at the right carrots especially for if you

Have a reservation even though it didn’t work that well with my camera with the bright sunlight as you can see this trip was a part of a field trip I am working for a tour operator so I’m a travel agent and this was a free tour of the Swiss travel Market in 2023

Therefore we were traveling In First Class within this train you won’t just find the regular first class but there’s also Prestige class half of our group was sitting in Prestige class and the other half in the regular first class and we swapped halfway during the ride anyway between the characters for the

First class you’ll find a small pantry officially this is not meant to walk through but well I asked permission and it was allowed there’s a small pantry here so at the moment you book your tickets you can order some small meals as well you cannot do this while you are on

Board of the train because well it’s very tiny and small and they need to make sure they have enough things on boards for the train tour even though I walked through a part of the first class I’ll start off by showing you the second class this comes in a two by two configuration

And something typically for Swiss trains most seats do face each other so bases however I also found some Airline style seats and I like this most until the railway station would advise him and there was an extra carrots attached at the front of this train with second class seats

These seats do have a magazine rack a sturdy fold-out table in the city front a coat hanger and just like for all the other seats you’ll find the seat numbers and a small screen that will host information about the reservation right above the windows between the seats

There were some power sockets and also USB sockets because most seats do face each other between the back ends of the seats you’ll find quite a lot of space for the luggage but also you find dedicated Lucas ranks throughout the train there are no overhead Lucas racks

Within These trains this is a panoramic route and even though I saw some panoramic trains that still have logo tracks above the seats and offer a great view on the surrounding areas you won’t find that over here doing a sea tour of one of the very few Airline style seats

Within These trains I don’t think that’s fair so let’s move on to what you find most in second class and these are seats facing each other with a table in between you can fold it out to make it slightly bigger and this is really sturdy integrated Within These tables at

This side there’s a small little bin it is not obligated to make a reservation for these trains however it can be really busy especially when you’re traveling in this Prestige class but also for the first class and you travel from the beginning to the end with these

Trains I highly recommend you to make a seat reservation also for the second class this is recommended and especially when you’re traveling in a peak season if you make a reservation for these trains or not this is totally up to you but I personally recommend to do so

Otherwise you might have to stand during the journey or you might need to take other trains where there’s more space of course no train tour is complete without doing a Twitter review so here we go these are the regular toilets on both of these Trends and they’re not that

Special but hey let’s do a Twitter review you can change them into a diaper changing facility for babies there’s water and of course a toilet well it was clean that’s most important so I gave the thumbs up and if you like this video this is a helpful video to you please

Give me a thumbs up on YouTube as well before you enter its open compartment it has been clearly marked in what class you’re entering this here is the regular first class just like the second class there are special dedicated logo tracks but of course between the back ends of the

Seats you can store quite a lot of limits like I already mentioned a bit earlier a pantry is dividing the two sections of the first class and also the section of the first class where you’ll find the prestige class that I will show you in a bit but first

Let me show you the regular first class just like in sand class there are some seats that do come in an airline style or long distance bus composition and the leg room here is really generous as a matter of fact the table is quite far away and without this laptop holder I

Think it will be a little bit too far away between the seats just like in second class you’ll find USB sockets and some power sockets and the seats can be reclined with the use of this handle at the sides most seats do face each other and this is basically like second class however

You have more space and the seats are a bit wider therefore this comes also in a two by one configuration In First Class all seats do have a personal reading light as well overall so far I really like these traits the quality is good the comfort of the seat is quite

Comfortable as well but now let’s move on to the prestige class because I heard so many YouTubers being so extremely enthusiastic about this part of the train and what I like most you can have this look with the drive but this is all depending on the driving direction and

You have quite a lot of space for logo software there are no dedicated logo tracks in Prestige class however the leg room I know I’m a tall guy so this is not really representative but I expect it’s actually more especially for these kind of seats I expected I

Could lay down more or less flat while don’t get me wrong these seats are awesome they’re really comfortable they have a very nice and sturdy tray table within the seat but the leg room especially when you well go flat I really expect it to be better it is

Still a good product don’t get me wrong what I really like is that the direction of the seats can be faced so if you’re traveling with a group of four you have seats facing each other or if you want to see it in the driving direction this

Is also possible just like in the second class on the first class you’ll find personal power plugs and there are also reading lines and even though the leg room is still very generous don’t get me wrong on this if you fully recline these seats it’s not enough or the other

YouTubers who made videos on these trains are very tiny I don’t know but I don’t get why everybody is so enthusiastic about this I mean these trains are great in all classes but if I’m traveling first class I just prefer the regular first class for myself screens at the end of all compartments

In all different classes do house root information for these Trends also information about the current carrots where you’re in and the actual speed will be displayed here every now and then as well the top speed for these trains that I noticed was a little bit under 100 kilometers per hour I mean

This is not a fast train at all for now I’ll just show you some views from the train and I’ll get back to you at the railway station Thank you Thank you foreign Used to be a terminal railway station even though it’s not really a terminal railway station this is because the narrow Gates railway lines are a 1 000 meter wide tracks and the standard Gates tracks on 1435 millimeter wide railway tracks do meet here so basically it’s the end of

The line for both however with these trains this is not a Terminal Station anymore and even though trains that are capable to change the width of the wheels to different track gauges for example between standard gate tracks what you find in Europe and wider Iberian gauge tracks or the former Soviet Republic tracks

Are not unique at all I mean what I’m showing you right here was my second trip report ever on a train from Berlin to Moscow that also has the capability to change the width of the tracks within a matter of minutes and still even though this is not unique at all it is

Unique in that sense because the golden pass Express is the only train in the world so far that is doing this between the storm back gate tracks what you find in the rest of the country and also within the rest of Europe and narrow Gates tracks and narrow gate tracks are

Basically all railway tracks that are smaller than the standard gate strikes you find many different kinds of Narrow Gauge tricks though what is also unique is that these trains are using a different technique than the previous techniques that are being developed by Togo this map shows all different regions in

The world and in general this is a problem at Borders so still most of the times the trains will be lifted up and new wheels will be put under the trains with the other track ages however that’s not necessary with these techniques if you can change it automatically however the trains are

Pricier but the whole process saves you a lot of money and time as well for example in Spain you find three different track gauges the mainline trains are on a broad Iberian gauge tracks the high speed trains on standard gate tracks that are also going into

France and then in Spain there’s a big network of network Edge railway lines as well and especially in the North by having trains that are capable to switch between the track gauges you really create a lot of opportunities and I think this is great and by having now

A train that can do this between standard Gates and narrow gate railway lines I think this is great this also might give some great opportunities for example in countries like Taiwan and Japan where the high-speed trains are on standard gate tracks and their regular trains or on Narrow Gauge railway lines

Within Europe narrow Gates Railway lights do mainly serve areas in the mountains but also more rural areas also some tram lines in some cities are using Narrow Gauge railway lines anyway these arms at the side will be used to change the width of the wheels and while this is happening a little

Film will be displayed at the screens within the train where this will be shown I mean you don’t really notice that the width of the wheel should be changed it feels a little bit like you’re going through a change of the track but well not even that because it goes really

Slow anyway for now I’ll show you the views from the train between schweissimon and the final destination montoe if you are interested in a trip report and exactly these trains that took around two years ago you can find it in the description of this video just

Not with a directory I’ll get back to you in a bit and show you the railway station of Montana Please Foreign What is located right at the lake of Geneva you have a great view on the lake of Geneva from both the left and the right side because the train will go like a snake up on the mountain is also a point where you find connection on the main line trains both

Domestic and international Montreal isn’t big but it’s really worth fisting for example you can go to the studio of Freddie Mercury also known as Queen what is nowadays located in the casino it’s free to fix it by the way and there are so many other things you can do over

Here but I’m not making a video about that doing trip reports so for now let’s discover the railway station today is a hilly City and at several spots you find bus stops near the railway station but some of these are at a way lower level than the actual

Railway station itself however at the front of the Railway Station there are also buses and even though it’s hidden there’s even an escalator going up from the lower parts of the city to the railway station right at the front of the Railway Station there are some tickets vending machines some

Information about departing trains M like it’s all Swiss railway station information about the body trees has been given Crystal Clear you’ll find obviously both the narrow Gates Railway line tracks this is also how I came here and then you find the mainline trains that will go well to this region but you

Also find some trains that will go to Italy and quite some trains also Regional trains that go to France from here the railway station Building located at the front hosts the track number one also I noticed something like the golden pass experience Center and I think this

Is basically a ticket counter for the mob but this was unfortunately closed when I filmed this part of the video what was on a late Sunday evening I went back to the railway station after I brought my Logos to the hotel because like I already mentioned earlier in the

Video this trip is a part of an organized tour they saw the piano in the main railway station Hall and right next to that you find the entrance for the ticket counters for the mainline trains so the SBB there were also elevators in this part of the Railway Station the

Staircase is beautiful over here but I think you have an impression about this railway station let me know if you have any questions just let me know in the comments that’s it for this video I hope you enjoyed it if you did so once again

Give me a thumbs up on YouTube and if you’d like to see more traffic reports with more sustainable ways for transportation mainly focusing on cross-bordering so International and or long distance travel and hit that subscribe button see you on the next video once again thank you for watching if you like this

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People see you on the next video

The Golden Pass Express is the first commercial train that can change the width of the wheels between the standard gauge tracks, like in the rest of Europe and narrow gauge tracks (1000 mm). Even in a country like Japan where they have been experimenting with these techniques this hasn’t been seen yet (because that are high-speed trains, there are diffrent standards). Even though track gauge changing trains aren’t unique between standard gauge and wider gauges, this train is unique because it’s the first time to see this between standard gauge and narrow gauge.

Even though the technique is unique, this is not where this train ride is all about, this train ride is about the great stunning views from this scenic journey along the Swiss Alps and also a direct connection along the Golden Pass Line route between Interlaken (where you also find connection on the Luzern – Interlaken Express, what is a part of the Golden Pass Line as well) via Gstaad to Montreux.

Join me along this very special railway journey in Switzerland.

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00:00 Introduction
01:13 Interlaken Ost railway station review
05:21 Golden Pass Express train Interlaken – Zweisimmen – Gstaad – Montreux
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14:00 Changing the width of the wheels of the Golden Pass Express at the railway station of Zweisimmen
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19:07 Montreux railway station review
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