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Travelling by train to Arosa
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A mate of mine found looking up train possibilites to Arosa a little daunting, so asked me to look.

I had thought there'd be the chance to get a main leg in by night sleeper - but can't see it.

So, for a Saturday outbound travel loos somethig like this to me:

Depart London st Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord 0720
Arrive Paris 1059.

Depart Paris Gare de L’Est (10 minutes walk, apparently) 1224
Arrive Zurich 1700

Depart Zurich 1737
Arrive Chur 1852

Depart Chur 1908
Arrive Arosa 20009

So, it should be comfortable – but it would take a long day. . And as my mate lives in Bedordshire, he would have to get inot London some how for that early Eurostar.

Any of you Swiss skiing fans able to suggest somsthing better - best of all incorporating a night sleeper that it would be sisnsble to catch?
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achilles, first things first Gare de L’Est is indeed only 10 mins walk from Gare du Nord

Unfortunately that's it for the good news, so far as I can tell the train opperators have removed the Paris to Basle Night train which means there is no longer an effective way to make this journey at night, however doi not despair as you can leave london later than the 07.20 and still make it to Arosa, all be it very late realistically I think the 9.40 ish train would be the last practicle connection
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D G Orf, thanks very much - I'll pass it on. Travelling to the French Alps is fairly easy by night sleeper. Alas, for those who advocate train travel to go skiing (as I did to Les 2 Alpes) travelling to Switzerland by train seems impractical. Sad
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achilles wrote:

Depart Chur 1908
Arrive Arosa 20009

I know the Swiss trains can be a little slow but Shocked
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FenlandSkier, Laughing
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FenlandSkier, The bit from Zurich onwards is ok and quite fun - I have done that bit Very Happy (watch out though because it is rammed with local 'day' skiers in the morning on the way up and the evening on the way down again - if you take a sleeper train and get there early), and it may be worth knowing what time is the last train up the mountain? just in case wink
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achilles, Now I don't know how much truth there is to this, but for many years it has been rumored that French railways has charged significantly higher rates to train opperators going to non French Resorts, this apparently is why The original Calais to Interlaken train was removed and the subsequent Brussels to Switzerland one became uneconomic after a significant hike in the rates that had to be payed for the French section of the journey. I have a similar problem in that being on the South coast it takes a couple of hours train Journey to get up to London so that first train is not really practicle unless I overnight in London Mad

I am however hopeful that with improvements to the various rail links it may in coming years be possible to make the journey in about 5 hours from Paris it's already possible to Get a TGV to Basle from Paris in about 3.5 hours Unfortunately the last fast train of the day leaves Paris at 12.24 one hor later and a faster connection within Switzerland would make a big difference Sad
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