Lucerne to Fluelen on April 6, 2019

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    17 February 2019 at 17:33:22 #819973

    My husband and I will be traveling in Switzerland in early April, which I have discovered can still be considered winter. We were hoping to take the Gotthard Panorama Express, but it will not be operating yet.

    Am I reading the boat schedule correctly if we are to schedule this on our own? It would leave Lucerne at 1:12 p.m. and arrive in Fluelen at 6:41 p.m.?

    13.12 Flüelen 18.41 5½h is how it reads on the timetable.

    Thank you in advance for your help!

    Lynnette

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    17 February 2019 at 18:14:27 #904456

    Hi Lynnette,

    Welcome to MySwissAlps! Well, timetables are sometimes seasonal indeed, so then early April is often still considered winter. Weather wise it will almost certainly be more like spring than winter at lower altitudes like Lake Lucerne. In the mountains it will still be cold.

    1:12 PM/6:41 PM indeed translates to 13:12/18:41, but a normal boat trip from Lucerne to Flüelen would not take that long.

    These pages explain about routes and timetables:

    If you can’t figure it out, please let us know your exact plan for that day. You can do the entire Gotthard Panorama Express route if you like, but on regular trains rather than the Express.

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    17 February 2019 at 19:54:34 #904457

    Thank you for your help! We are traveling on April 6th.

    After reviewing the links, I am thinking our best move may be to take a fast train to Lugano and then enjoy a slightly warmer boat ride there since it will be early April.

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    18 February 2019 at 2:11:03 #904458

    No, that’s the whole round trip to Fluelen and back to Luzern – all on the boat. Most people don’t do that. You get a train one way and the boat the other.

    In winter there are two boats to Fluelen each day, one at 10.12 and one at 13.12. Both take 2 3/4 hours to Fluelen

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    18 February 2019 at 2:14:14 #904459

    Note that Lake Lugano boats are also limited as early as 6 April.

    However, if you do go fast to Lugano you might be able to get to Melide for Swissminiatur. Highly recommended

    http://www.myswissalps.com/sw issminiatur

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