Why Swiss Trains are the Best in Europe

https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes to get a discounted subscription to Nebula (and support this channel, too)! Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-these-are-the-best-trains-in-europe I live in the Netherlands, where we have some pretty great trains. But there's a country in Europe that does trains better. Much better, in fact. Switzerland has some of the best trains in the entire world - second, perhaps, only to Japan. What makes these trains so good? And what is it like to actually ride them? The Slowest Express Train in the World - The Glacier Express https://nebula.app/videos/notjustbikes-the-slowest-express-train-in-the-world-the-glacier-express Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- References and Additional Reading The integrated timetable of Switzerland https://www.jokteur.com/a/integrated-timetable-switzerland/ Watching the Swiss: A network approach to rural and exurban public transport https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X16301469 Live map of the Swiss Railways Network https://maps.vasile.ch/transit-sbb/ Trafimage - Live Swiss Railway Punctuality https://maps.trafimage.ch/ch.sbb.netzkarte?baselayers=ch.sbb.netzkarte,ch.sbb.netzkarte.dark,ch.sbb.netzkarte.luftbild.group,ch.sbb.netzkarte.landeskarte,ch.sbb.netzkarte.landeskarte.grau&lang=en&layers=ch.sbb.puenktlichkeit-all&x=918827.18&y=5943148.86&z=8.88&zoom=2 How Punctual is SBB? https://company.sbb.ch/en/the-company/responsibility-society-environment/customers/punctuality.html SBB Facts and Figures - Punctuality https://reporting.sbb.ch/punctuality Are Swiss trains becoming less punctual, pricier and more dangerous? https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/public-transport-in-numbers_are-swiss-trains-becoming-less-punctual--pricier-and-more-dangerous--/45231238 This video contains images and video licensed from Getty Images.