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Hi. I’m trying to book seat reservations on the Gottard panorama Express. Could anyone tell me what stand alone seats are in the drop down box for seat preferences. Is it 1 seat facing another on it’s own?
Thank you
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This is ‘take it or leave it’ advice, but…
Personally I am sceptical of the attraction of the Gotthard Panorama Express. It is an attempt to keep some tourism going on the Gotthard ‘mountain route’ since the rest of the fast trains now go through the base tunnel. However, you see mainly valleys not high mountains. Also it is reservation obligatory and first class only.
Also, the train gets rather lonely – part of the ‘romance’ of the Gotthard route previously was that your train competed for space on the line with huge long international long distance trains carrying 000s of passengers a day between northern and southern Europe, and those passenger trains interacted and weaved in between dozens of heavy freight trains lumbering back and forth across the Alps. None of this happens any more.
(It could also be argued that it is just a way of finding a use for very expensive panorama cars that Swiss Federal Railways bought but don’t have now have any other use for them…)!
More economical might be for you to take any boat Luzern – Fluelen. Then take the train Fluelen – Erstfeld. Change at Erstfeld into the regional train that takes the same old mountain route but at no extra cost, and runs direct through to Como (and Milano)
Hello Anne
Yes, I believe the “stand-alone seats” are the pair of single seats facing each other. The 1st Class seating configuration is 1 x 1 on one side and 2 x 2 on the other side of the cabin. As of this year the Gotthard Panorama Express is 1st Class only.
Hi Anne and welcome to MySwissAlps!
Some very useful advice from our experts, and in addition I’d like to give you a link so you can read more about tickets and reservations: http://www.myswissalps.com/go tthardpanoramaexpress
All the best on your travels!
Maria.
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