New Swiss train schedule offers more night trains

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF) timetable change on December 15 will bring improvements for commuters. It will also have new night-time connections on long-distance and regional services. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For commuters, this means shorter journeys and the main stations will be relieved, SBB/CFF announced on Wednesday. As part of a pilot project, night services will now run on eight weekends on the Bern-Olten-Zurich-Zurich Airport route and on several weekends and public holidays between Biel/Bienne and Geneva Airport and between Fribourg and Sion and Geneva Airport, respectively. + Read more: Swiss are keenest rail users in Europe There will also be improvements to the regional night-time networks at weekends. Various additional trains will run in eastern Switzerland. Between St Gallen and Sargans, for example, there is a half-hourly service on the long-distance network. + Could a direct high-speed train link between Switzerland and ...