Amsterdam to Switzerland by Nightjet sleeper train

[@seat61]

Fares start at €49.90 in a couchette, €109.90 per person in a 2-bed sleeper or €159.90 in a single-bed sleeper. For schedule, fares & tickets see www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Amsterdam.htm#Amsterdam-Switzerland southbound or www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Switzerland.htm#Switzerland-Amsterdam northbound from Zurich & Basel to Amsterdam.

[@seat61]

@@filevans 1 night. D’oh!

[@mikatu]

That is quite expensive for a private room. Easyjet makes that pretty cheap and faster.

[@seat61]

@@mikatu I've just paid €261 for a private room in a hotel in Budapest.

[@Danny30011980]

@@mikatu But taking a night train is also an experience, you don't solely do it for transport from A to B, but for the experience. Plus it is way more relaxing and less stress, as train stations are mostly in the city centres, opposed to airports outside of cities, then no stress of checking in, security check (and if applicable baggage claim in the end)), by the time you have that managed getting to an airport gate, you can have snuggled in into a your comfy bed on the train already and rest while you get to your destination. Sleeping on airplanes - at least for me does not work at all. :-)

[@frankfurtonfoottours2361]

@@filevans Train left Amsterdam at 20:30, arrived in Basel at 06:35. How many hours is that? Was that hard to figure out?

[@ogdenrogers1426]

It is so great to see the increased interest by public, governments, and companies in increasing more sleeper routes across Europe. It truly is the essence of convenient travel.

[@emiliobesana2775]

“Convenient” yeah except for the part where it costs double as much as a low cost airline

[@josh9]

@@emiliobesana2775 not since covid - NL to Switzerland flights are all triple digits now

[@golledgestravels326]

Thank you for the video. I'm doing Zurich to Amsterdam then Amsterdam to Vienna by sleeper in May.

[@SteveHallThisIsSpain]

Excellent overview, thanks. Amazed to see Amsterdam CS so quiet!

[@SteveHallThisIsSpain]

I looked at your links but can't find the answer. Is Eurail /Interrail valid. If so, where/how do l find the price for the couchette, please?

[@seat61]

@@SteveHallThisIsSpain Yes, on payment of the Nightjet berth fee, see www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm#Netherlands and look at trains to Switzerland

[@shreemkad0368]

Omg this is so beautiful wish I could get off my work desk right now and time travel into that train Thankyou for sharing this video I am sure this a stress reliever to see this 😍

[@GururajBN]

Trains in Europe are in a class by themselves. 👌

[@LynneFarr]

Enjoyed your trip as always. Thanks for some good news.

[@jimholder6656]

A really nice trip - many thanks! Everything spotlessly clean and in good working order. Also, a hearty salute to ÖBB for re-establishing overnight sleeper service after DB and SNCF had dropped it!

[@seat61]

Everything in working order in the Amsterdam-Basel sleeping-car, yes. But I was booked in the Amsterdam-Zurich one, noticeable by its absence due to a defect - note the empty space behind the rear Amsterdam-Zurich couchette car as the train comes in. If only my camera had been revered, you'd have seen the look on my face! The AB33s are since getting some extra TLC as a result of this issue.

[@linkon_]

Always loved your train videos 😇🤩

[@vishweshgaur3008]

It's great to see European people traveling from train and compartment is amazing as a solo traveler

[@hamdifaiz6432]

I always wish go to Netherland and Swiss, certainly, by train enjoying the trip, view, culture etc

[@edrinkalema1114]

Fantastic watching live from Japan 🇯🇵🇺🇬🌎🌏🌍🇺🇬

[@MrButtonpresser]

Brilliant, I can't wait to get travelling again!

[@ukaszgrzesik7231]

Thank you for travel recomendation! I will be taking sleeper train from Zurych to Berlin and back for Easter.

[@theobrattinga500]

Great video !!

[@zilawylde7006]

So so clean

[@Danny30011980]

I once took the sleeper train from Budapest to Munich (and then on to Frankfurt via train). Could've taken an airplane and 1 1/2 flight instead, but wanted an adventure

[@benzwiesenekker1493]

God bless Amsterdam.

[@TheTrainzZ]

Beautiful coverage of journey 💞 Love from India ❤️

[@phe9238]

Nice impressions!

[@fidardo51]

Beautiful video, congratulations 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ShelleyD-n9u]

Can't wait to check this out. I've already booked a sleeping cabin for hubby and myself in Spring 2025, however, now I'm worried, as my husband is asking if there will be an outlet by the bed that will allow him to plug in his CPAP breathing machine for sleep apnea. It's rather important. I've scoured all your intel and video but don't see any mention of that sort of amenity here on the old AB33. Up-date: ah sorry, don't know how I missed it but of course you covered this off already, you are very thorough, thank you. Here's hoping the trip goes smoothly--there seem to be some serious issues reported on reddit, at least as of a year ago.

[@akagumasony]

Sleeper trains from every country are wonderful

[@oscardb9131]

intrested to see how the new OBB nightjet carriages will be~ love your videos by the way its what got me into Europe train travel in the first place :)

[@RashidAmeerSiddiqui]

Nice amazing railway station beautiful view👍🇵🇰

[@ferminluquecarvajal6025]

Maravilloso, es perfecto para viajar grandes distancias. Sería bueno un tren así entre Madrid y Múnich.

[@cherylsemrau4375]

I would love to go on this train

[@itrainodyssey]

Wow. Nice travelling. Superb. Greetings from Sri Lanka.

[@cherylsemrau7100]

Very nice. Greetings from Canada.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

The couchette upper bunks recemble ironing boards...😉 Also not for those of us suffering vertigo ! 😳 Stay safe and well. Love from Norway 💖 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@SL-wk6dp]

Great video. The sleeper train is so clean and quiet; compared to Amtrak sleeper trains in California.

[@sisiliaayuyuliarti2877]

Austrian railways joined with Swiss railways. Thanks for uploading! Thought there will be no more Night train, i loved CNL by German railways but they don't operate anymore

[@chagantivasantha4130]

Very nice 👌 from,india

[@PR-pp2zc]

Europe is no1 in night sleeper coaches n in general all kinds of railway services 💐🙏🙏🙏good luck 🙏

[@RogEdwardsTV]

Quite like the layout of the cabin with the bed and the chair. TBH after trying the new Cally Sleeper with the shower/WC - I think I’d give up the shower/WC in favour of the chair. 🤔

[@davidlally592]

Just back in London from using IE/T-NIR services in my homeland. No more thru rail/sea/rail tkts issued (eg Galway - Euston or Derry - Glasgow). From the departing Port, sea/rail tkts still OK. NR in UK doing the same- so one can get to Dublin or Belfast or Rosslare, but no further. Best wishes (using Amsterdam- Berlin HBF in spring 2023).

[@turkeyjobsprovider]

Nice

[@perbilse573]

Very nice, but I'd recommend making this journey in daylight. I worked in Amsterdam in the 90s, and from time to time had to travel elsewhere in Europe, and would always take the train, if feasible. My favourite trip was to Zurich, leaving at 8am in the morning; it was a whole day trip, arriving at 5pm. I'd invariably travel 1st class (cheaper than flying, at least at the time), and bring some sandwiches and snacks. Seating in the Swiss-built 1st class was 2+1 with very large windows, so I'd be sitting in a very comfortable armchair, watching the landscape go by. A wonderful experience, especially the stretch along the Rhine was amazingly beautiful.

[@seat61]

The day trip is great if you use the classic Rhine Valley line, www.seat61.com/places-of-interest/rails-down-the-rhine.htm - but you'll be routed via the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line by default these days. On a trip to Italy, I think Amsterdam-Zurich by night, Zurich-Milan by day is the right way round.

[@perbilse573]

@@seat61 Oh, there's a new line. I guess times do change. Many thanks for the note, it's on my bucket list to redo some of my European railway journeys.

[@MyTrainVideos]

Great video! How did you like it, were you able to sleep?

[@IndranathGaurTraveller]

Nice video 🌷

[@declanburke3746]

Ive done a lot of train travel. Never done a sleeper, to go solo looks expensive but if ya thínk about a night less in hotel, its not bad

[@mikatu]

Sleeping in a train is not as refreshing as sleeping in a hotel. And the time you waste on the train is better spent visiting the city. I do love travel by train, but never understood the fascination with sleeper trains. They are quite costly and take a lot of time.

[@malcolm4672]

When you opened the closet, someone had left their jacket in it for you 🙂

[@Humberto-F7]

Thanks for the night sleeper ride !!!

[@tariqayubkhan2361]

Amazing

[@andrewgardiner4640]

Great video! Thanks. I am travelling Basel-Utrecht in August 2024, and when I tried to book on ÖBB, only couchettes were available, no sleepers (yet?) I wonder if they release sleeper bookings later, or whether the train consist may have changed?

[@simonholliday9874]

Couple of seconds of Freiburg, half an hour north of Basel. The sleeper network used to be much bigger, but coach and air travel, as well as faster day services, have put paid to much of it.

[@azertycraftgaming]

It’s coming back slowly

[@helilebon614]

Es war eine gute Fahrt. Schade nur, dass es vom Beginn bis zum Ende draußen dunkel war. In der warmen Jahreszeit ergeben sich durch das Tageslicht auch andere Eindrücke.

[@uncinarynin]

Does anybody know what colour the gangway doors of the sleeping car are from the outside? In the previous livery they were red. (I need this for model railway purposes.)

[@AMarie2326]

Seems like it’s whitish grey

[@NikanDragosysSerpenDra]

ar 01:13, wha tthe hell happened with that firm, did he force a switch open, by driving in-trough it closed for him, like duplo, is that even possible?, de wisseltong gebruiken om hem open te zetten er tegen aan de wisseltong rijden.

[@ppon2877]

Many thanks for your video. It's an interesting experience. Except toilets, is there any shower room in the corridor?

[@salvadoramaya4908]

How long did the journey take? It’s beautiful

[@asrirachmawati3276]

I hope your video a Lil bit longer. Let us know bout the other car

[@rezaalan3991]

Great trip. Wait a minute, why there are plenty seating carriage but only 3 sleeping carriages?

[@seat61]

The train normally has 1 sleeper & 1 couchette car Amsterdam-Zurich and the same again Amsterdam-Basel. The seats cars get used as a late-evening day train between Amsterdam & Germany, and as an early-morning day train between Germany and Zurich.

[@rezaalan3991]

@@seat61 ah okay, thanks for the explanation

[@jgodfrey546]

Curious what makes that carriage unique to that particular NightJet route...?

[@seat61]

Every other Nightjet route uses a more modern Comfortline sleeping-car built 2003-2005, other than two routes which use double-deck sleepers built 1992-1994. Only this route uses AB33 sleeping-cars, they have leased 4 cars to cover 1 Ams-Basel and 1 Ams-Zur in each direction.

[@jgodfrey546]

@@seat61 Thx for the quick reply!

[@adityatyagi8110]

Hi Do we need to validate the ticket on the station or just need to carry it with ourself. I have the pdf of ticket that we get from obb website after booking

[@philippebuwel1580]

In the 70’s and 80´s a similar train went from Amsterdam to Milano ..6 countries / 4 languages…

[@davidorf3921]

I think that might have been the one that started at Oostend Ferry Terminal, after Eurostar came it it then ran from Brussles, I used it several Times changing at Spiez

[@xavieroconnor2604]

What day was this recorded? I was on the nightjet from Utrecht to Basel on the 17th/18th of Feb.

[@seat61]

On the 1st Feb

[@rituspositivepeach6446]

Bhai night m view nahi dekega but is train m journey karna bhi badi baat h 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@KAMU13]

What?

[@artemistravelling]

Love this train trip report from my hometown of Amsterdam to Basel. I did this route already three times by car in last 8 months, and made videos too

[@marekjozwiak5390]

Et pour quand le retour de train de nuit Paris - Berlin ? Depuis 2016 ou 2017 il n'existe pas train direct entre ces deux villes. Vous trouver ça normal ?

[@seat61]

Retour de Paris-Berlin prévu pour Décembre 2023

[@marekjozwiak5390]

@@seat61 Merci beacoup meme si serai TRES si ce train pourrait demarrer en Décembre 2022. Pourquoi il faut attendre si longtemps ? Cheminot manqué

[@azertycraftgaming]

@@seat61 en couchette?

[@samtrak1204]

nice

[@arminbruns2125]

In which day in February did you travel from Amsterdam to Basel? Maybe I was the train attendant that day

[@seat61]

1 Feb. No car 176 that night, so I asked to be accommodated in 182 to Basel.

[@arminbruns2125]

@@seat61 it was me. I was taking care of Sleeping car 182 and many passengers who were in 176 were accommodated in 182 because 176 was not present , and all the passengers had to wake up in Basel and leave for the carriages bound to Zürich. It was me 😀 and i saw myself on your video. Nice work and keep it up

[@seat61]

@@arminbruns2125 Thank you Armin! I was gutted when the train came in without 176. I'd have been accommodated in the couchette car, but that would have defeated the whole purpose of filming/photographing/experiencing an AB33 sleeping-car, so I'm so glad I could go in 182. Worked out well, I changed to a fast train at Basel and got to Zurich 08:00, before the 08:05 normal arrival of the sleeper and well before the 08:50 retimed arrival (not sure why that was - also gutting, as the plan was to photograph the 08:20 arrival in Zurich from Prague/Budapest/Vienna - this got that back on track, too, and I got the shots of that train!

[@arminbruns2125]

@@seat61 i am glad everything worked out in the end. Sometimes due to technical problems with the Sleeping Car they just don't send them in. This is a bad situation for us who work on the train, and for the passengers. But keep the good work, and I hope you keep traveling with us on the Nightjet

[@romanaabo3664]

@@seat61 What's a 176? What's a couchette car?

[@richard-riku]

The window looks really small and quite high up as well so you see almost nothing if you're lying on the bed.

[@ms-ll5sy]

I think this is the station where a scene of Indian hindi movie Dilawlae dulhania le jaayenge, was filmed where actress kajol buys a cow bell

[@Merchantmaster]

Did the police come on the train in Switzerland ?

[@blaulichtbornheim8094]

It depends sometimes they do, mostly the german police normally they do on the way back and join the train in Basel BBF

[@sagayapanneer9052]

The man in seat 61

[@katehoney8941]

Hi Man in Seat 61! I want to cycle down the Rhine from Switzerland to Holland, so booked this NightJet (leaving in 10 days) foolishly believing it would be possible to book a bike reservation. I've had a hell of a time trying to do so, with different customer service agents from OBB telling me different things (one person said there were 13 bike spaces available, but I couldn't book any of them because it's an international train and doesn't pass through Austria??) In despair I bought a bike bag to disguise it and take it on that way. Dimensions are 105x85x20 cm. Now I'm concerned there will be luggage restrictions and it won't fit in that tiny cabin... Advice welcome!! It makes me cross it's so hard to take bikes on the train. :(

[@perslucht]

I just posted a reply, but it seems it has disappeared somehow. The coaches 151-154 do have compartments for bicycles. Don't worry.

[@DIYgrandpa]

Did you manage to take it in the end?

[@abhijit6464]

Hey i just booked night train via OBB Amsterdam to zurich in couchette carraige. Do i need to do a seat reservation or its included. my confirmation email says Car number 123, seat number(s) 132 And im boarding from Amsterdam, it should not be problem right

[@seat61]

That *is* your reservation!

[@EscapingWife2020]

Wow

[@rahulkiit100]

Hi The Man in Seat 61, Do you know if it's possible to print ticket bought via OBB at Amsterdam central station ? Is there any OBB ticket machine in Amsterdam central. I bought Amsterdam to Zurich nightjet ticket together with swiss pass and got a code to print ticket. I called OBB service desk and they mentioned that there is ticket machine in Amsterdam central but I doubt

[@seat61]

No, ÖBB ticket machines only exist in Austria. But this train is normally e-ticketed - you print your own ticket or can show in the ÖBB app.

[@rahulkiit100]

@@seat61 unfortunately i booked ticket from Amsterdam to Austria combined with swiss pass and now struggling to get hold of OBB help desk.

[@lucasakakarl1732]

@@rahulkiit100 how was it? Able to show tru App?

[@rahulkiit100]

@@lucasakakarl1732 For me issue was that I combined the OBB ticket along with swiss pass and rule was to print the ticket. I took help of OBB help desk to get PDF ticket and kept the print out with me. I will suggest to keep print out with you during journey.

[@ТатьянаПетько-в9е]

Все вагоны сидящие, один спальный. Видать ни у кого нет денег на этот более чем скромный вагон.

[@sagayapanneer9052]

Essence of transport

[@westernsmt]

I'm doing this very trip in June 23 , can anyone tell me roughly what time the train is available to board before departure and is there a loco change en route ? Hope someone can help . Thanks !

[@seat61]

Half an hour, maybe. Yes of course, several.

[@westernsmt]

@@seat61 thank you ! Great channel and actually the inspiration for my trip !

[@RaymondLorscheider]

How did your trip go?

[@sharan8726]

👍👍

[@tombley5760]

Does one need a "smart" phone for international rail travel?

[@seat61]

No, but it helps...

[@romanaabo3664]

The train is so long, yet so few passengers 😥

[@lindatyler3372]

Where is the toilet?

[@seat61]

Two toilets, at one end of the corridor.

[@driveincanada9713]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@drdoolittle5724]

As usual, excellent, thank you! Out of interest, even thought travellers should be asleep, what is the route?

[@seat61]

Utrecht, Arnhem, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Koblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden Baden, Offenburg, Freiburg, Basel, Zurich.

[@supriyogupta6545]

Empty coaches, nobody in the platforms... 🤔

[@akcortin]

Very unusual for us Indians...

[@marciojosemarquesnoronha3379]

Quantas horas de Viajem de trem de Amsterdam para Zurique ? Eu assistindo de Sáo Pauo ( Brasil / América do Sul ) este maravilhoso video ! Like !

[@chrisewen3813]

It wasn't clear from reading the website or this video how the couchette works. For example, for a family of three, with a young child, it would seem unsafe for the child to sleep up high, so would one be able to make a wider bed down below for mom and child and father sleep up on the high bunk? How do those work? Could you shed a bit more light, anyone ?

[@seat61]

You sleep where you like. Put child on lower bunk, you sleep on upper bunk. It doesn't need explaining, surely? Actually, a child of 3 or 4 would be fine on an upper bunk, there are straps, I have yet to hear of any falling out (same with bunk beds in a hotel)

[@chrisewen3813]

@@seat61 Thank you for your reply! You have fantastic content that I've been browsing for years and am glad to now be on the precipice of taking one of the night trains I've been fantasizing about for too long. I guess the central question was do the lower seats somehow get wider than shown in the picture (where they are shown as set up as seats) ?

[@seat61]

@@chrisewen3813 No, they're all just wide enough for one person. What you see is what you get, really, with sheet, rug and pillow. My son would always insist on the top bunk - just as my wife would always insist on a lower, so I usually ended up in the other upper, daughter below. I've yet to hear of anyone falling out of bed on a sleeper train, any more than you fall out of bed in a hotel room. Trains starts and slows smoothly.

[@abdullaezzat9031]

can you help me pls.. I got lost ..I want to book overnight train from Amsterdam to interlaken on 27 April 2024 for two adults and one child 5years...can guide me?

[@johnmc3862]

Up the Swiss!

[@christophermotte7532]

Why would you need an overnight for such a short trip?

[@seat61]

Because 7 hours by day train takes up half the day. This way, it's time-effective overnight, takes up no daytime time at all.

[@christophermotte7532]

@@seat61 Why does a train need to take 7 hours to go not that far a distance? Price?

[@sylvia7000]

Base and Zurich is not the same cuty so its goes to basel or to Zurich i am confused

[@mariyamak]

It goes to Basel and then continues to Zurich

[@sylvia7000]

@@mariyamak ok because he showed basel as final trip

[@sea80vicvan]

Some of the cars continued on to Zurich while others ended at Basel. His was one of the ones that ended at Basel.

[@sylvia7000]

@@sea80vicvan merci I going on it this weekend I am so excited hihi

[@sylvia7000]

I cant find train amsterdam to basel from eurostar on eurostar website they dont sell this ticket

[@croberts709]

Check out seat61's website he has buying information there.

[@seat61]

This isn't Eurostar! See www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Amsterdam.htm#Amsterdam-Switzerland

[@marek602]

try ns international

[@blaythierry8722]

🥰👍👍👍👍

[@shuhuikline2303]

no toilet in the room?

[@seat61]

Two toilets, at one end of the corridor.

[@reasonrestored9116]

Are you insane? One toilet per room? Private jet travel is for you. Hope you can afford it

[@davidcohen8491]

ÖBB is too expensive. With the former City Night Line you could have a singel trip for just Eur 29,- in a chair like aeroplanes. And the coffee at ÖBB is not real coffee but instant coffee.

[@analogicpictures5681]

Where can i booking the ticket former city night line? The route is from zurich to amsterdam

[@pittwaterplayground]

I paid to travel First Class on this train, Amsterdam to Zurich. There was no First Class carriage. We ended up in a 4 person compartment. Never saw any food, and never saw a refund. Terrible train.

[@seat61]

Took me a while to realise what you meant. You mean the sleeping-car (which is technically all 2nd class) was missing so they put you in a couchette compartment (the only actual 1st class car on this train is a seats car). Yes, the AB33 sleeping-cars have had problems - they date from 1975, completely rebuilt in the 1990s and leased from RDC as about the only equipment available to start this service before the new sleeper trains being built by Siemens come into service. Not ideal. If you watch the video, as the train sweeps into Amsterdam you'll notice my sleeping-car, Paris-Zurich car 176 is distinguished by its absence behind the couchette car at the rear of the train. A good job the camera was pointing away from my face at the time! I asked to be reassigned a berth in the Amsterdam-Basel car at the front, so it all worked out OK. At the moment, a MUn sleeper is currently substituting for the AB33s while they are sent away to have some serious work done on them to make them more reliable. They only have to soldier on till the new trains enter service at the end of 2022 and into 2023.

[@pittwaterplayground]

@@seat61 thanks for your detailed reply. My wife and I were just normal tourist visitors to Europe. Apart from enjoying occasional train travel, we knew nothing about carriage types etc. We just expected to arrive at Amsterdam station, get in a Quality carriage and overnight to Zurich in relative comfort. That was not to be. Language problems did not help, and neither did my temperament, (I tend to yell a lot at continentals, in the absence of good language skills) however I think the ‘customer service’ ladies on the platform told me a tree had fallen in a storm the previous night and damaged the First class carriage. They took my ticket, scribbled a letter and number on it, (over the printed number,) and told us to hurry up and board as the train was leaving. When we got to Basl we had to change carriages for some reason without warning and travel on to Zurich. Never again.

[@Bruce-1956]

@@pittwaterplayground language problems in Amsterdam? Obviously more your language problem. Are you English? That would explain a lot.

[@pittwaterplayground]

@@Bruce-1956 I’m not English, however I speak perfectly good English. Your comment is racist in nature.

[@marciojosemarquesnoronha3379]

Quantas Horas de Viajem de Trem De Amsterdam ( Holanda ) para Zurique ( Suíça ) ? Eu assistindo de Sáo Paulo ( Brasil / América do Sul ) !

[@dhoni6038]

Hii

[@MadaveSivamany]

Japan sleeper couches are the best in the world

[@execututor9954]

It's definitely not much of a first class experience for what you pay. My fare, booked a month in advance for a private sleeper, was 279 euros. Seems like a lot for something so basic when you think that you could get a pretty nice hotel room for that and a first class airfare.

[@andrehb]

My sense is that you won't find first class airfare from AMS to Basel for 279 euros, but I agree that couchette experience seems . . . uninspiring. Then again, if you're going to sleep shortly after boarding and wake up at your destination . . .

[@execututor9954]

@@andrehb Nah, you do find first class on KLM or Lufthansa for that.

[@rickyonetrip01]

Stasiunnya sepi

[@jefdepijper4550]

Why not to Zürich?

[@seat61]

I was booked in car 176, the Amsterdam-Zurich sleeping-car. Watch the video again as the train comes in to Amsterdam. Zurich portion at the back. Swiss seats cars, Nightjet couchette car, then NOTHING!

[@mikatu]

Why Zurich? Basel is much better and one hour early.

[@jefdepijper4550]

@@mikatu i mean, why the train does not continue to Zürich? Basel is only the entry point....and from Zürich to Sankt Moritz???

[@jefdepijper4550]

@@mikatu nothinh to see in Basel

[@seat61]

@@jefdepijper4550 The front portion continues to Zurich, rear portion detached at Basel,.

[@elgoog-the-third]

Too bad this line made some bad press due to having cars missing regularly. I hope that doesn't completely ruin the line. Also, it is being done wrong all the time, but it's either "Basel Badischer Bahnhof" or "Basel Bad. Bf." as an abbreviation. It's got nothing to do with any kind of bath :)

[@vincentchan4576]

Does “Badischer” in this context relate to the train line leading into the German state of Baden Württemberg?

[@elgoog-the-third]

@@vincentchan4576 It does indeed, the station was built by the then-monarchy Baden and is to this day in possession of Germany, together with the tracks from the station to Switzerland's border.

[@pavelittoch8245]

​@@vincentchan4576 there are two more "Bad. Bf."s in Switzerland which are owned by the Deutsche Bahn. Beringen Bad Bf and Neuhausen Bad Bf.

[@mikatu]

Basel Bad Bahnhof is the name everybody uses for that station. No one uses Badischer.

[@elgoog-the-third]

@@mikatu A bunch of clueless DB employees isn't "everyone". In Switzerland and in southwest Germany we say Badischer Bahnhof.

[@waheed5718]

En ko HM kafer kehty Hain

[@alpteknbaser7773]

🇺🇸🇬🇧👏

[@reasonrestored9116]

Pity the compartments are designed like cells, no style at all. Even the grey curtain looks as if it was chosen to be deliberately utilitarian. Is it a USSR train lol. Get some designer in to make it all a zillion times more appealing. Bad design costs customers.