The thin air above cloud level. The views over snow-tipped mountains. The climbs over boulder and scree, and the first gasp ...

These mountains have long been winter favourites, and they’re now becoming increasingly popular in the summer, too. Here’s ...

EUROPE: The RAlpin 'Rolling Highway' piggyback service carrying accompanied lorries through the Alps by rail is to be ...

The Treno Gottardo runs from three cities in the north to the sunny city of Locarno in the south—crossing the Alps along the way. A rail journey is the ideal way to see Switzerland's different ...

Despite Switzerland’s longstanding commitment to switching merchandise traffic from road to rail in order to reduce the ...

The Rolling Highway, a drive-on, drive-off piggyback service carrying tractors and trailers through the Swiss Alps, will shut ...

If riding the rails in Wales, I want to travel in Orient ... It felt like we’d been whisked straight into the Swiss Alps. For a moment, I half-expected a yodeler to pop up on the hills.

How easy is it to get around by public transport? Exploring the Alps by rail makes perfect sense: trains are frequent, punctual and efficient, relatively inexpensive, and eco-friendly. There are ...