If you feel like getting away over the holidays, Swiss Federal Railways and its European partners offer many international travel options. Here's a run through of what's available.
European leaders used the global media platform of the Gotthard Base Tunnel opening ceremomy on Wednesday to stress the importance of maintaining close European relations.
The first trains have travelled through the 57km Gotthard Base Tunnel following a spectacular opening ceremony that has amazed the world - in more ways than one.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel is to be blessed by a priest, a reverend, a rabbi and an imam on Wednesday morning as part of an inauguration that is being treated as an opportunity for diplomacy.
Swiss roads are safer than at any point since 1945, but motorcyclists are at greater risk of an accident than car drivers, according to new statistics.
Stadler, the Swiss-based train manufacturer, is expanding in the United States after securing a 100-million-franc ($107-million) order to supply rail cars for a commuter line in Fort Worth, Texas.
A train derailed in the Swiss Alps early on Sunday when it rammed into mounds of snow from an avalanche blocking the tracks, the BLS rail company said, adding that no one had been injured in the accident.
<p>Two trains, including one weighing almost a tonne, have been stolen from a miniature train park in western Switzerland, the park said on Saturday.</p>
<p>Security officers patrolling Swiss trains will carry firearms from the summer of 2012 in a bid to halt rising violence against ticket controllers, the rail service SBB said Thursday.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Excavation work on the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been completed, bringing Switzerland one step closer to the realization of the world’s longest rail link in the heart of the Alps. </span></p>
