Switzerland
High-speed Trains in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
ドイツ、オーストリア、スイスの高速列車



Austria Rail, OOB 2013

The railjet is a new high-speed OBB (Austrian Railways) train, which was introduced with the change
of a timetable in 2008/9 and reaches speeds of 230 km/h. The first route between Minuch, Vienna and
Budapest has been in operation since December 2008, with the second route between Vienna-Salzburg
-Bregenz-Zurich after December 2009.


A Railjet train at Salzburg station

A Railjet train at Salzburg station

(L) The first class vehicle of the Railjet train
(R) Railjet train bound for Budapest at Vienna West railway Station ( Wien Westtbahnhof )

Railjet train bound for Munchen at Vienna West railway Station ( Wien Westtbahnhof )

(L) Austrian train at Attnang-Puchheim station (R) Second-class vehicle of OBB

OBB train is approaching to Hallstatt station.

(L) A conductor is checking a passenger at plateform at Attnang-Puchheim station (R) A first-class vehicle of OBB


German Rail, DB

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is the German railway company, a private joint-stock company with the federal
government being its majority shareholder with its headquarters in Berlin. Deutsche Bahn describes itself
as the second-largest transport company in the world, after Deutsche Post AG, and is the largest railway
operator andinfrastructure owner in Europe. It carries about two billion passengers each year.



(L) DB train at Heidelberg railway station (R) Interior of the first class train of the German Rail


Swiss Rail, SBB

Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen is the national railway company of
Switzerland. It is usually referred to by the initials of its German, French and Italian name, either
concatenated as SBB CFF FFS, or used separately. The company is headquartered in Bern.



(L) A bar on the lower-level of a double-deck Swiss train vehicle
(R) A restaurant of the upper-level of the train vehicles

Double-deck SBB trains at Bern railway station

Interior of the first-class double-deck intercity of the Swiss Federal railway

The first-class seat of SBB

(L) A comfortable first-class vehicle of SBB
(R) Flexible Eurail-Select Pass valid to Austria, Germany and Switzerland

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A high-speed German train from Munchen, Germany to Salzburg, Austria
Munich to Vienna, via Salzburg: Rail Travel
A Swiss train from Martigny to Geneva; a window view
A short window view from the train of Bern to VISP station
The airport connecting railway to Zurich International Airport
A railway trip from Geneve to Zurich
A railway travel from Frankfurt to Munich, via Heidelberg and Winterthur
A convenient train connecting the city of Geneva with Geneva Airport



Railway Travel around the World
  All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.

Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world

 Smoking-room rate of hotels in Austria
 Smoking-room rate of hotels in Germany
Switzerland  Smoking-room rate of hotels in Switzerland
 Smoking Ban in Austria 2013
 Smoking Ban in Germany 2013  
Switzerland  Smoking Ban in Switzerland 2013

France 2008/2010
Charles de Gaulle Airport
Smoking ban in Charles de Gaulle Airport 
Quick tour in Paris Paris Metro, PER Paris Rail Terminals Tobacco & Paris

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Paris 2011 Mont Saint-Michel Marseille Nice Monaco Lyon Strasbourg Freiburg Basel
Berlin Railway Travel in Europe 2011
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Narita to Frankfurt EU trains 2013 Heidelberg Heidelberg University Munchen
Salzburg Hellbrunn Hallstatt Wien Bern Ovronnaz Geneva
Zurich Station/Airport London Heathrow Airport 2013


Paris subway railways Paris 2011
Berlin 2011
GermanySwitzerland Smoking restrictions in France, Germany and Switzerland



ドイツ、オーストリア、スイスの高速列車
写真撮影 2013年6月撮影 2013年7月執筆
執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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The photographs were taken in June 2013, the article was written in July 2013,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
A train information on Russia was added in August 2014.
New information was added in May 2019.
Copyright(C) 2013 Junhaku Miyamoto, All rights reserved.



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