Switzerland is an amazing country situated in Western Europe. It is one of the richest countries in the world according to per capita gross domestic product. Nominal per capita GDP of Switzerland is $67,384. Two of its cities namely Zurich and Geneva are at 2nd and 3rd place respectively for having highest quality of life in the whole world.
Switzerland is widely known for its mountain range. It has Alps range in South and Jura in Northwest. There are also central plateau of rolling hills and large lakes.
Switzerland has 9 main cities which are Zurich, Geneva, Berne, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Zermatt, Solothurn and Interlaken.
Switzerland is connected with all part of Europe by trains. Some of the major rail routes are:
1. TGV trains with several train services daily from Paris, Nice, Dijon and Avignon.
2. There are hourly trains from Milan that connects all parts of Italy.
3. ICE trains from Zurich to Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Frankfurt which are further connected to Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin.
4. Night trains, Euro Night or CityNight Light are available from Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Hamburg, Prague and Venice to Geneva, Zurich and Basel. Some trains are available to Lausanne.
5. If you are travelling from London to Switzerland than you have also option of taking Eurostar trains. Eurostar provides services from London to Switzerland with TGV Lyria. In this service you travel from London to Paris by Eurostar and then change at Paris to TGV to travel further to Zurich, Geneva or other major destinations in Switzerland.
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