Peak by Rail collects summits that a railway takes you up – cogwheel railways, cable cars and panoramic trains such as the Jungfrau Railway, the Bernina Express, the Glacier Express or the Flåm Railway. For every destination it answers three questions: how do I get up, what does it really cost, and is it worth going tomorrow?
How the pages are made
Every figure on this site has a source, and the sources are listed at the end of each page under “Where the figures come from”. Operators come first – their price lists, timetables and operating hours – followed by railways, tourist boards and official bodies. Anything that cannot be verified is left out or clearly marked as open (“confirm at the ticket office”).
Fares carry the date they were checked, because they change: the December timetable change, summer and winter fares, maintenance closures. Prices are shown in the operator's currency – Swiss francs in Switzerland, kroner in Norway. Conversions to euros are always marked as “around”.
Every page also says when the trip is not worth it: in fog, during maintenance closures, or when a pass costs more for a single day than it saves.
How the site pays for itself
Booking buttons lead to GetYourGuide, Tiqets or Swiss Activities. Those are affiliate links: if you book through one, I earn a commission and your price stays the same. The operator's own fare is always listed first, and where the operator sells more cheaply itself – for example with the Swiss Half Fare Card or the Swiss Travel Pass – the page says so, with a link to the official site. There are no cookies, no tracking and no third-party scripts.
Who is behind it
Peak by Rail is a project by Kai Rauch in Berlin, who also runs Spreefahrten Berlin and Hamburg-Rundfahrten. Found a mistake, or a fare that is out of date? A short message to the address in the imprint is enough – corrections go live with a new check date.