Transport and infrastructure to film in Switzerland
12 of them, 11 with a photo and 2 with practical details the location publishes itself. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot.
Shooting in Switzerland pays back through the Filmstandortförderung Schweiz (FiSS) (20% (40% for minority co-productions and technical costs)): work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved narrow gauge line on the slope above Montreux with period stations, a stone viaduct, a depot of historic steam and electric stock and views over Lake Geneva.
Furka Steam Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Volunteer run metre gauge steam line over the Furka pass between Realp and Oberwald, with a depot at Realp, timber station buildings, rack sections and high alpine bridges.
Geneva Airport
Transport & infrastructure
City airport on the French border with a single runway, a compact terminal and an east wing extension, ten minutes by rail from central Geneva.
Grande Dixence Dam
Transport & infrastructure
Concrete gravity dam of 285 metres at the head of the Val des Dix, with a crest walkway, inspection galleries inside the wall and a visitor centre at the foot.
Jungfrau Railway and Jungfraujoch station
Transport & infrastructure
Rack railway running inside the Eiger and Monch to Europe's highest railway station at 3,454 metres, with tunnel galleries, an ice tunnel system and terraces over the Aletsch glacier.
Lake Lucerne paddle steamers
Transport & infrastructure
Fleet of five historic paddle steamers and salon motor vessels working Lake Lucerne from the quays beside Lucerne station, with period saloons, open decks and visible engines.
Landwasser Viaduct
Transport & infrastructure
Curved limestone viaduct of 1902 on the Rhaetian Railway near Filisur, 65 metres high, running straight from the last pier into a tunnel mouth in the rock face.
Port of Switzerland, Basel
Transport & infrastructure
Rhine river ports at Kleinhuningen and Birsfelden, the country's only cargo harbour, with quays, cranes, silos, container terminals and barge traffic on the German border.
Tram-Museum Zurich
Transport & infrastructure
Working tram depot at Burgwies in Zurich holding around twenty historic trams and buses from 1897 onward, with inspection pits, overhead wire and a depot hall open for hire.
Zurich Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Switzerland's largest airport at Kloten, with three terminals, an airside dock, an underground people mover and the Circle office and hotel complex at the landside edge.
Zurich Hauptbahnhof
Transport & infrastructure
Main station of Zurich, a nineteenth century head house over a wide train hall with modern through platforms and a shopping level below, busy from early morning to late night.
Ponte via Interlenghi, Chiasso
Transport & infrastructure
Road bridge in the border town of Chiasso listed in the Ticino film commission location catalogue, close to the customs area and the railway yards on the Italian frontier.
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