Swiss perspectives in 10 languages

New family carriages coming to Swiss trains

Swiss Federal Railways has unveiled a new series of family-friendly carriages complete with slides, suspension bridges, play boats and caves for children.

Urs Schlegel, interim director for the company’s passenger traffic division, said on Thursday that all 40 double-decker Intercity trains should have a new, jungle-theme “Tiki Park” family carriage by the end of 2012.

The first ones will be put into service starting in September, most likely on the Geneva Airport-Lausanne-Bern-Zurich-St Gallen route.

They will replace the current family carriages, which have playground equipment and games on the upper level of colourfully outfitted carriages. Schlegel said families will often try to schedule their travel time around trains that have these popular cars.

The company will invest about SFr2.7 million ($2.6 million) in renovating these existing family carriages, which are currently outfitted in dinosaur and moon themes.

swissinfo.ch and agencies

In compliance with the JTI standards

More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative

You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here. Please join us!

If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.

SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR

SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR