Chapter 763: Ice Train
Switzerland's cogwheel trains are good at climbing steep hills, but they can't make it up to the Matterhorn anyway.
Matthorn is so steep that it would be difficult for even a person to climb it.
Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying did not get off at the terminal of the gear train, but at the penultimate station, Rosenboden Station. Because getting off here is the best place to see the Matterhorn.
When you get off here, you'll find a small lake. It's just a pity that during this season, the lake is completely frozen.
"Husband, it's not the right time for us to come. If you come here in the summer, you can see the reflection of the Matterhorn in this small lake, which is very, very beautiful. Fang Zhengying took the Grandmaster's arm and said regretfully.
It's already over two kilometres above sea level, and at the end of November, it's no wonder if the lake doesn't freeze.
After playing here for about half an hour, the two of them boarded another small gear train that came up later and arrived directly at the terminal.
The ticket for this gear train purchased by Fang Zhengying and the grandmaster is a round-trip ticket, 94 Swiss francs per person, and you can get on and off the train as much as you want, as long as you return to Zermatt on the same day.
After playing around at the terminal for a while and taking a lot of photos, the two of them took the return cogwheel train back to the glacier city of Zermatt.
Early the next morning, the two of them arrived at the train station. Zermatt train station is the western starting point of Switzerland's most famous glacier train, from here you can travel directly from Zermatt to Davos for 250 Swiss francs or 208 euros per person, plus a positioning fee of 13 Swiss francs.
If you wish, you can also pay an extra CHF 12 and go directly to St. Moritz, the eastern terminus of the Golden Train.
The Glacier Train forks off at Filisur in eastern Switzerland, with one end in Voss and the other in St. Moritz
Of course, if you have a Swiss Pass, you only need to buy a positioning fee.
Naturally, the Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying did not have a Swiss Pass, so they spent a total of 526 Swiss francs on a first-class ticket from Zermatt to Davos.
The train is a red train, and all glacier trains are this kind of red train.
Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying bought first-class tickets, this kind of first-class carriage, there are only thirty seats in one carriage, and the left side of the carriage corridor is a double seat, and the right side is a single seat. Since there are only 30 seats, these seats are extremely spacious, and it is very comfortable to sit on them and stretch your legs.
In fact, what the Grandmaster didn't know was that the glacier train in this life was still a little different from the glacier train in the previous life. In previous lives, the Glacier Train did not run for a whole month in November every year, but in this world, the Glacier Train runs all year round.
The train has not yet departed, and the snow-capped mountains on all sides are actually beautiful when viewed through the glass.
At 8:52, after the train began to run slowly, the Grandmaster realized how the car was running so slowly.
Hearing her fiancé's suspiciously complaining question, Fang Zhengying explained with a smile: "Husband, the glacier train is so fast, the average speed of this kind of train is only 35 kilometers per hour, and the distance from Zermatt to St. Moritz is less than 300 kilometers, and it takes seven and a half hours to run." ”
"So slow? Is this still called a train? ”
"Hee-hee, that's why this train is called the slowest scenic train in the world. If you run like the international train we took yesterday, how can you enjoy the scenery along the way? ”
"Oh ...... too"
"Husband, the route we are taking now is the most elite sightseeing route in the whole of Switzerland, well, the tourist brochure says so, this route is 291 kilometers long, but there are 291 bridges, an average of one bridge per kilometer, and there are 91 tunnels, the maximum drop has reached 1429 meters......
Seeing that Fang Zhengying was so excited, the grandmaster asked, "Daughter-in-law, haven't you ever taken the glacier train before, why are you still so excited?" ”
"That's why I'm so excited because I've been on this train. The scenery along the road is beautiful, really beautiful. And the last time I took this train with my mom and my brother was in the summer, and although the scenery was good, there weren't many glaciers. It's winter, so I can take a look at the beautiful glaciers. ”
Indeed, as Fang Zhengying said, after winter, this glacier train is really like an ice train.
Because the route runs through the Alps almost the entire route, you can see almost all white snow and glaciers as far as the eye can see through the window.
The tickets purchased by Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying happened to be in the single seat on the right side of the carriage, so the two of them sat opposite each other across a small table. And in the direction of Davos from Zermatt, the scenery on the right is obviously more beautiful than the one seen on the left.
Since most of the vehicles drive in the valleys, on the right you can see more lakes and river valleys at the foot of the Alps, and on the left, you can only see the mountains. It's just that in this season, most of the rivers and lakes are already frozen, so it's really not interesting to look at it, and it's white at a glance.
The grandmaster felt that it didn't matter, but he couldn't stand Fang Zhengying's relish.
From Zermatt, it passes through Stey, Terber, then into the Rhône valley in Fisp, then via Brig and Obergorms to Andermatt.
Starting from Andermatt and continuing to Chur, it is the most exciting section of the glacier train.
This section of the journey takes less than three hours and passes through the famous Upper Alpine Pass, which has a very large drop.
The train dives for a while, and then begins to climb again, which is very exciting, so this part of the journey is also called "the slowest roller coaster in the world......
This part of the journey also made the Grandmaster, who was a little bored at first, feel quite excited, after all, such a journey is not seen in Dahua or even other countries.
Even if the railway line from Dahua to the Western Capital is across the Tianshan Mountains, it is not so exciting, and most of the railway lines are in tunnels, where can you see such a beautiful scenery?
Because this part of the trip happened to be at lunchtime, Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying didn't even bother to eat a lunch of 30 Swiss francs because they were watching the scenery.
By 2:34 p.m. in Chur, the railway line diverges from Chur to Filisur, with one going directly south to St. Moritz and one to the northeast to reach Davos.
It was already 4:29 p.m. when I arrived in Davos, and from 8:52 a.m. I drove all the way to 291 kilometers, which took nearly seven and a half hours, and the train was not a minute late.
Trains in Switzerland, like their watches, are really punctual......
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