The trip to Interlaken commenced early morning, and our target was to complete Interlaken, Luzern and unexplored parts of Zurich in one day.
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Introduction
Continuing from where I left off (Switzerland Part-II), these posts are around our experiences in Interlaken, Lucerne and Zurich; also featured are some pics from ETH, one of the top universities in the world.
Getting to Interlaken
Two routes:
1. Zurich – Bern – Interlaken
2. Zurich – Lucerne – Interlaken
We decided to do route 1 up and take route 2 on the return – with Swiss Travel pass in hand, and tickets for the day activated, it was zero effort. Since I’ve already featured the Zurich station in the earlier parts, allow me to start with Bern now.
Entering Bern Station and waiting to reverse our way out
Our train and another one departing parallelly out of Bern
Enroute views – Bern to Interlaken
Entering Interlaken OST
Interlaken OST Station Underpass
Station building
Brief stop at Interlaken
Outside the station at the main exit
Tributary Aare
Panoramic view around Aare
Train reversing into a platform or the siding at Interlaken OST
Cars at Interlaken OST – take your pick
Exit at the other end, with directions marked; the other end of the station opens out to the Aare from where one can board a boat to Brienz
The other side of the Interlaken OST station
Paragliders galore; also note the boat waiting
Cottage nested in the greens
Interlaken OST, like Luzern (Lucerne) has both broad gauge and meter gauge lines – broad gauge to and fro Bern
and a meter gauge to Meringen onward to Luzern
Broad vs Meter gauge lines on adjacent platforms
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