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Hi prachi,
Are you planning to return to Luzern the same day?
The Bernina Express is on the other side of Switzerland from Luzern. Travel time would be a bit over 6.5 hours each way. The Bernina Express leaves Chur at 8:32. To catch it, you would need to leave Luzern at 6:10. This option is not so suitable as a day trip from Luzern.
For ideas on how to do a day trip on the Glacier Express from Luzern, please see the section Don’t have time to do the full route? on the following page:
http://www.myswissalps.com/gl acierexpress
You can plan your trip using the Swiss Timetable:
http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable
Alpenrose
8889 posts
Hi prachi,
I liked the Bernina better than the Glacier. But the best one to do is the one you can fit in the time you have available.
Rhaetian Railways have just advertised a new one day round trip from Zurich see http://www.rhb.ch/en/tickets-travelcards/promotions /gotthard-bernina-rundreise
Seeing you are going from Luzern you may be able to join the Zurich to Lugano leg at Arth-Goldhau which might save a bit of time. But you would still be up for a very long day of travelling.
From Luzern you might consider the Gotthard Panorama Express (see http://www.myswissalps.com/go tthardpanoramaexpress) which combines boat and train. You can go one way on the GPEX route and return same day via the express train via the Gotthard Base Tunnel.