Glacier Express – which side is left on seat map?

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  • Slowpoke
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    22 July 2018 at 13:22:22 #892013

    Hi KCH-

    <<“Woow that’s some tunnel!”>>

    There are two tunnels. An old,relatively short on on the Lötschberger route, between Kandersteg and Gopenstin. You end up at Brig agfter going domw the sid wall of the valley.

    There is new, much longer high speed “Basis” ( base) tunnel which runs from near Frutigen to Visp. It takes one hour off the journey. I find that the scenery in that tunnel is notably less interesting than on the old upper route.

    If you are working the timetable, you’ll likely need to include Kandersteg as a “via” point, because otherwise, the timetable picks the fastest routes.

    Slowpoke

    KCH
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    23 July 2018 at 11:15:08 #892014

    Thanks for the tip!

    I did a search and the results with and without “via Kandersteg” was only half an hour or so – between Speiz and Brig.

    KCH
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    23 July 2018 at 11:22:52 #892015

    Ah right… if i search from Spiez to Milano Centrale – with and without Kandersteg – the difference is 1 hr.

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