Swiss Railway Journeys

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Running Time: 60 minutes (approx)

Another journey along one of Switzerland's stunning railway lines today we take the Gruyere Railway to Broc where we view some of Switzerland's most mouthwatering chocolate creations in production. The line now runs through the Gruyere region of Switzerland famous throughout the world for its cheese. Mountain peaks dominate the line as it winds along the Sarine Valley to journey's end at Montbovon.

When is Swiss Railway Journeys next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Travel Channel Tomorrow, 4:00am and on Travel Channel November 14th, 4:00am. See more...

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  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites February 27th, 2008 - 2:20pmMATTHEW WALDEN said...

    I love your Swiss railways journeys programme, it encouraged me to visit Switzerland twice in 2007, each time getting a Swiss pass and touring the country by rail. I'll be going back several more times as well.

    Although Switzerlands scenery will take some beating, do you have any plans on showing scenic railway journey programmes of any other European countries.

    Seeing still pictures in books and brochures is not as good as seeing it on TV.

    When I see the excellent scenery on TV it encourages me more to get out there and experience the journeys myself.

    Good to see the extra travel channel 2 as well.

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites April 2nd, 2008 - 9:25amWilliam Tranter said...

    I only wish TC2 would get their web page sorted out. What a mess! I'm slowly working my way through all the railway journeys, and the 'rarest' one (not yet seen!) is the Gruyere Railway.

    Been to most of the places visited by the Railways over the years, but not this one, only to Gruyere by coach!

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites April 6th, 2008 - 8:36pmsue waite said...

    My 9yr old Autistic son love watching your .tv programme If he had the chance he would watch it 24/7. He loves anything to do with trains. The switzerland scenery is out of this world long may the show continue.

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites April 20th, 2008 - 5:15pmDavid Bryant said...

    I really enjoy the Swiss Railway Journeys programmes of TC2, but for the last seven days, the picture has been breaking up all the time. Is this just my television set (not on other channels though) or is there a problem with transmission?

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites May 12th, 2008 - 12:49pmDiane van der Westhuizen said...

    I have been blessed to have travelled around Switzerland using their railway system. What a joy! The system is efficient, clean and the scenery is indescribably beautiful.Unfortuntely I have not been able to visit Switzerland for the last 8 or so years due to financial constraints, so you will find me sitting on the edge of my sofa reliving the experience while watching the SRJ programmes. Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me the opportunity of reliving my experiences in a country that I consider to be a piece of heaven (I'm almost sure God has parked off under a pine tree in a Swiss meadow!)

    Diane

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites July 2nd, 2008 - 1:23pmron said...

    hi

    its a shame that travel tv which is showing the series of swiss raiway journeys repeatedly on sky, has not bothered to name the episodes as they are shown.

    in order to find out which episode your watching you have to watch all of it and then try to work out which one your watching. an appalling waste of a brilliant show just because travel channel cannot be bothered to do these simple things.

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites August 27th, 2008 - 5:39pmMike Crowhurst said...

    Dear Sirs,

    Please will you let me know when you next propose to show The New Glacier Express part 1 and 2 again on your channel

    Thank you

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites January 28th - 7:36pmSue said...

    Whilst enjoying the scenery, bridges, tunnels, viaducts etc. of this programme, there are a few things that really bothers me. Why is there no sound of leaves blowing in the wind, cars passing by, people talking, dogs barking, birds singing or even the sound of the train's engines? Very few people are shown, you don't hear them talk, or even see them going about their daily chores. Also the music doesn't suit the programme.

    It really is a bit boring, without any creativity. Everything seems so unnatural. Why is that?

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites October 14th - 1:29amChris Harnett said...

    I recorded the audio for all the series what you see and hear is what is there. Some of the locations took hours to get to so remote are they and filming is only done on still clear days, it takes months to do one programme sometimes. Synchronised sound of people talking or singing is there in many episodes they are just not doing it to camera mostly. Accented Swiss German is hard for many Germans to understand let alone English, do not forget these programmes are in lots of languages so the detail is told by a commentator in the language of the country where it is shown. The series is recorded in full stereo, location sound and music. The music is especially composed to a rough edit then the pictures cut to the rythym, sorry you don't like it Sue, you can tell Lou directly now, he has a website.

    We are also trying to complete a series of just tourism films about Switzerland, Sue will be happy, no music. However Sue Knight and I find making new programmes now difficult due to poor health, a lot of it caused by the physical effort of carting very heavy camera gear all over the Alps for nearly 20 years.

    We tried very hard to make a series that was 'quality' No TV company paid us to make the series, it was all speculation on our part. So we had to find the money from working for others and travelling to Switzerland, shooting when we had no outside work and editing and dubbing in the evenings and spare time. That is why the series is dated from 1990 to 2004, it took time to earn enough to pay the costs. The current rate of exchange with Switzerland means that helicopters now cost around £25 a minute to fly, normally we fly for between 2 to 3 hours. I would love to do some High Definition filming but life does not always give you the body that works or the cash to do what you wish!! We had a good if hard time filming the programmes, did it make back the money? We still have to work for others to pay the bills so nothing changes.

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