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Introduction
Continuing from where I left offthese posts are around our experiences in the three mountains, tickets to which were included in the Swiss Travel Pass. What will unfold here is experiences, some useful bits of information to potential travellers, and some interesting trivia! There are a few videos that I captured – please view them in the highest resolution that you can.
Mountains covered
- Mt. Punch
- Mt. Rigi
- Mt. Stoos
Getting to Stanserhorn
- Train from Zurich HB to Lucerne (Lucerne)
- At Luzern, shift to the meter gauge platforms 12-14 for the next train to Engelberg
- Alight from the train at Stans, which isn’t too far away
- Walk approx 10 mins. from Stans station to the funicular boarding point to take the funicular up to an intermediate stand called Kalti
- Double decker cable car (CabriO) from Kalti all the way up to Mt. Stanserhorn
Double Decker train from Zurich to Luzern (the train we took was an Inter-Regional or IR)
Sample pic of the upper deck – all seats are family type viz. facing each other; leg room is average, but given that it is just 40 minutes, it is acceptable
Views from Zurich to Lucerne – The Zurich Lake in View
Views from Zug to Lucerne – Some of Lake Zug in View
Cabin view – Panorama Coach train; it is mostly non-panorama trains on the Luzern-Engelberg route, but we were lucky to ride in a panorama coach train
Outside view of the Meter Gauge panorama coach train – snapped as I alighted at Stans
Cycle parking at Stans station
Zentralbahn Railway Network on display at Stans
Local bus at Stans
From Stans station, walk forward in the direction of the train, turn right at the level crossing, and keep walking, following directions to the Stans base station to board a funicular; can also walk opp to direction of the train, turn left at the second level crossing to go straight to the base station 
The funicular station
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