Scenic route
Gotthard Panorama Express
Lucerne → Lugano · Switzerland
A paddle steamer up Lake Lucerne, then the 1882 Gotthard line’s spirals and the Wassen church seen thrice. Summer only, once daily, seat surcharge.
- Distance
- 180 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 33 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLuzern +5
- 35 kmArth-Goldau +3
- 43 kmSchwyz +2
- 46 kmBrunnen +2
- 57 kmFlüelen +2
- 60 kmAltdorf UR +2
- 67 kmErstfeld +2
- 112 kmLavorgo +2
- 120 kmBodio +2
- 126 kmBiasca +2
- 142 kmCastione-Arbedo +2
- 145 kmBellinzona +2
- 148 kmGiubiasco +2
- 169 kmLugano +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 4 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 6782128 (135 km), relation 7782599 (4 km), relation 7782600 (26 km), relation 20804372 (2 km), 167 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SBB, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Gotthard Panorama Express?
The Gotthard Panorama Express runs 180 km from Lucerne to Lugano.
How long does the Gotthard Panorama Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 30 min for the 180 km. That is an average of 33 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Gotthard Panorama Express?
SBB.
How old is the Gotthard Panorama Express?
The line has been in service since 1882. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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