Treno Gottardo

The everyday Gotthard panorama train: hourly IRs over the 1882 mountain line’s spiral tunnels, no surcharge, from Basel or Zürich to Locarno’s palms.

Stations

1. 0 kmZürich Hauptbahnhof
2. 29 kmZug
3. 45 kmArth-Goldau
4. 53 kmSchwyz
5. 56 kmBrunnen
6. 68 kmFlüelen
7. Show 10 more stations

   1. 71 kmAltdorf UR
   2. 77 kmErstfeld
   3. 106 kmGöschenen
   4. 121 kmAirolo
   5. 128 kmAmbri-Piotta
   6. 141 kmFaido
   7. 147 kmLavorgo
   8. 160 kmBodio
   9. 166 kmBiasca
   10. 182 kmCastione-Arbedo
8. 185 kmBellinzona
9. 188 kmGiubiasco
10. 194 kmCadenazzo
11. 202 kmTenero
12. 206 kmLocarno

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.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7787433 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 9 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 2413
• 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 Treno Gottardo?

The Treno Gottardo runs 200 km from Zürich to Locarno.

How long does the Treno Gottardo take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 50 min for the 200 km. That is an average of 52 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Treno Gottardo?

SOB.

How old is the Treno Gottardo?

The line has been in service since 2020. 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.

How often does the Treno Gottardo run?

6 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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