 Hello, thank you for joining me. I'm surrounded by mountains. I'm at the end of a nice little branch line in Switzerland Mitigate branch line from Marlingham. We're at a place called Inter-Clar-tion, I think it's called. Anyway Here's our little train. This is going to take us down the branch and what we're going to do We're going to get off at a rather unusual station. I hadn't really planned on making a video today I'm just I've got a pass, a Swiss railway pass. So I'm just out track-rushing and I thought I'd do this line just because it's here and there's a finnacle I'm going to do later But I've discovered there's a very unusual station. Let's get on the train. Let's have a look at this. It's a cute little train It's Goes in about two minutes of the or to get on. It's a cute little EMU It's 1-2-5-0-1-3 its number is so it's not quite like an Inter-City 1-2-5 And besides it's like a loco train. This line, what they did they built it when they built a hydroelectric power station And then when hydroelectric power station was finished We'll go past the hydroelectric power station quite soon. When the hydroelectric power station was finished Rather than just abandon the line, you know, you get so many lines that were built For building something and they get abandoned, but passenger service on which I think it's a great idea And if you look on the table it says a nice little map off the line So we're down here at Intercation. There's like another one there, which is the sort of the town or the pre-village centre We're going to get off at that one Now if you have a look it looks like it might be Well, it is it's inside a tunnel. I saw that station on the way up and I thought we've got to get out there So I'm going to enjoy the ride down. It's quite a short line. It's probably only what three miles? Maybe not even that we're going to go and we're going to get off at the station You know, we're fairly used to underground stations but on a branch line like this An underground station is where we're going to go and get off So we're on the train. It's a request stop this one that's in the tunnel I've just pressed the button to request it. See the river that we're flowing beside you'll see it better when we get out the train I understand the river goes through a narrow gorge And the point of this station is so we can get out and see the river in the gorge. So any moment now we should go into the tunnel So here we are, yeah, we're in the tunnel now. So this is going to be a bit of an underground station with a difference It's not your typical metro station but so many of us use all the time And I don't think there's going to be any sort of board looking commuters. I don't want to be here. So this is the station Look at this, it's amazing and The door's opening Look, we're, well, it's cold. There's our little train in the station underground So our train's gonna go It's fantastic He's just recruited to say that he's going through the tunnel. There's some people waving. Hello Some people waving at me. So um, I should talk to them to watch Henry's adventure to now see himself waving So, oh, it's all gone dark. Maybe I'm not supposed to be in here anymore. This is really weird And I've put the lights on. I think perhaps I have to leave before the train leaves It's named the station What an exit from a station Yeah, they made an outside step away from perhaps. Unfortunately, we can't watch the train go but we can The train is going One entrance to a station. I think I'm in a kind of bowl carved out by water millions of years ago This is really amazing. I'm the only one here And um, yeah, there's this sort of um, there's this arch which Please move on quickly. Yes. So I'm getting the impression that we're supposed to be here anymore I've got off the train. Oh look, look at this So There's a suspension bridge there One entrance to a station you come over this suspension bridge and then you just walk into the rock And in there there's a railway station. It's that's amazing. I think that's um, brilliant. It's completely unique Anyway, I'm going to go over the suspension bridge and let's go and explore the gorge So we're about to walk over the suspension bridge. You can't I did just try you can't get back onto the station There's a train's coming. So it's a bit unfortunate. You can't watch the train go But I shouldn't knock it because this really is a fantastically amazingly different railway station So if you want to wait for the train this this is basically The waiting room you wait here And then I think you press buttons on that machine to open the doors but only once the train arrives So probably soon there'll be a queue of people waiting to get on the train and um There's basically no other facilities. There's some dustbins over there on the other side of the river But anyway, let's go across the river from possibly the strangest station in swiss and it's underground It's not the only underground station in swiss and of course swiss has got metros Probably most famous underground stations are on the Jungfrau, but um, I'm not doing that on this trip because I don't fancy remortgaging the house just to do a bit of um underground railways. So I'm not I did I did do the iron and glycer section of the Jungfrau a couple of days ago But I'm not going up the Jungfrau on this trip because I think there's plenty of other very exciting railways You can do it, but I probably will do it one day, but not on this trip. Anyway, we're now crossing the river And look at that that over there that is the path we're heading for so it's right on the edge of the gorge I'm going to take us down through the gorge so the railway is in the tunnel On the other side of the gorge. It's really Quite an amazing place. I mean, swissland is just amazing. It's breathtaking and then looking that way That's up the valley I went on a bus over that pass yesterday because I went to the to the furka railways I caught the train to Maaring and Took the bus up this valley over that pass for a bus route. That is an amazing bus route They have talked about extending this railway and taking it over the pass to join up with the route to glacial express I don't know if that will have that happened, but maybe one day. Anyway, we've got to find our way To that path over there. So here we we've now left There's even a little station name over there. So it's probably the strangest railway station I've ever been to and we're now off the bridge And we're coming down here. We've got to go over Another little bridge and we're going to go up all those steps to enter the gorge So it's really quite pleasant. There's the valley People are in the picnic there Still can't go over that. It's the entrance to a railway station. Anyway going off up there to find this gorge I've just come up all those steps from the station. This is quite funny, look There's a sign there for the station Said it's a five-minute walk It's all down there Down through the trees And quite literally into the rock You see the railway line and the river down there This is the the other side of the mountain pass. When I was on the bus yesterday Going along here it felt all dramatic. Can you see that view? If you go over the pass It is Just amazing. You just Yeah, it's it's amazing. Anyway, here we are on the hairpin bend. That's it There's just hairpin bends like this and as you can see we're actually on a We can't really bring out over the side Because there's like not that much space to put the road in And every now and then you get these sort of flat areas and switch and anyway I'm going into here now to do this gorge walk Oh, here we are. There's a cafe there hanging over the gorge. I've just paid to go in. It costs 10 euros So I know they say Switzerland's an expensive country. That's probably about nine pounds Which considering this is probably going to take me for the next hour or so. It's not too bad This um, I understand people been walking through here since about 1888 and the railway station We've just been to that was only opened in 2003. So it's quite a news station But now that the path is getting a bit ridiculously dramatic And we are now going down into the gorge and we're hanging right. Look at that There's the bridge to the station which we just went into it's uh So this is what I first could see now looks like the path ahead zigzags Down I can see it there it goes zigzag down And then later on we should be right down by the river itself And I think it's a railway line and I think there used to be a tramway through here once upon a time Now from my Swiss railway atlas. I can see it the other end there. Certainly. It's a disused railway Like we'll have a look at that when we get there. But yeah What an amazing view this is. I think I'm going to have a very exciting next hour or so I'm now just coming to the first of section of zigzags. This is where I go back on myself Very close to the side of rock now. Look at this This is the main thing, you know, you wouldn't naturally be able to walk through here so easily You might have been able to canoe down it but you know to just walk down through there Great spirits. So we're going to continue down here. So you can see the zed now So we've just come down here. I'm going to go down there and we're going to end up on the path right down there So this next section kind of takes us um almost Inside of it. We're kind of going into the Into the trees slightly It's like um what they call you may have heard I've never actually been on one But it's called a barm vitzel platz, which basically means top of tree walkway And this is a little bit like a barb vitzel platz because we are at the moment. We're kind of In the trees, but we're Also in the rocks. I don't think quite classes being a barm vitzel platz. But anyway, it's it's very good fun We have now arrived at Next part of the zed. We're going to soon as these people have come fast. We're going to continue on down through the trees if you look so You can see now where we've been where we're going. We're going right down towards the water. I think so It's going to be a very very walkway Here we go now we're going continue on down someone's old Christmas tree there and still in the trees I can see the barb ahead. It looks like it's going right down to the water So this is Just amazing and Fantastic. The other thing I find so exciting for me Is I haven't planned to do this today. I was just track bashing I just went up that branch line because I thought it would be an interesting bit of railway to do And then you go track bashing and you end up somewhere like this That's the thing um about you know being interested in railways You tend to do unusual railways And you don't always know what's going to be the other end You come to places like this. I'm going to continue on down there and perhaps we'll get a bit closer to the water So we're down now closer to the water. We're still on a bit of a ledge Above the edge of the water. You can see that the rock is fairly smooth here This must be where the water has carved it out millions of years ago Amazing. I like it. Thanks amazing, but I'm kind of you know a bit blown away Just how amazing it is. I look we're Going slightly In a bit very very slightly in just past some trees. Look got some nice little Well flowers growing there And there's the gorge and it as we know it opens out back there just um Just just slightly in that but we look we're dramatically going out onto the edge once again And you can sort of see how the water must have carved its way down here over millions and millions of years It really is amazing place Slightly further up. I've noticed something There's a cave there now. I don't have the camera to bring it out, but I can see bricks I reckon just behind those bricks is the railway. Look at the path now. It's kind of to support Support it. It's cantilevered From above because there's like another bit of water down there. So all the water you see I think most of it even in the height of summer as it is now is glacial melt water. So thank you So you get a lot of um The glacial melt water some of the rivers you see are almost white in color And the camera's not taken out, but I can just still see pockets of snow There still is plenty of snow as I was saying like if you were to go up the young prowl Like I said, I think this is a better underground railway station experience And you don't get to do this on the young crowd if you were to go up there You definitely see snow you can I've not been walking in so I went up the bridge often by the other day Now it's just like a couple of pockets of snow left Well it's just it's going on and on and on I can see Quite a long way down the gorge. See there there's people walking on there. So I'm going to continue walking See what else we can find Coming to a more Rougher part of the river and I can't quite see where the path goes but it appears to disappear into a bit of an inlet It's very busy up over there And up above there's there's some wires which is pretty hard to see I'm wondering if um I can see a platform where people do bungee jumping of it It's exciting. Just get to this little inlet and um That's probably where another river was and you can see how the water has carved all of this out over millions of years I mean, I'm no geologist, but I sort of remember learning about things like this at school We were given cheddar gorge as an example and this is basically cheddar gorge on steroids And we're going to go along there next And in a minute we'll be on that that corner There And we're just going to have sort of water and gorge Anyway, here is this cave-like area. It's not really a cave, but it's just amazing And then so that's the path we've just been on Going round to this dramatic corner We've got the water raging below us Very exciting place I'm really pleased I stumbled across this place today We've been all the way around there and we're going, look, it gets narrower It gets narrower and narrower And we're going round there We're just around the corner now And it's getting more and more dramatic and narrower Look how the river squeezes into a really narrow part of the path There's not a lot of room and um It's uh, do you want to read the scariest thing is? It's not this. It's not me falling in It's dropping my camera in especially when you've got loads of people coming towards you And um, yeah, so that Amazing I'm just going to stand in here and let these people go fast because I really don't want to lose my camera into the water Once this water's gone by we'll continue forward And I'm really now intrigued to see what's going to be around this corner It looks like it's going to get really, really dramatic The water is funneling in to a really, really narrow point The water, look at that Water down there And the path is getting really quite narrow We're directly over the water now um I don't know if you can see The water's directly below us so we're effectively on a bridge Oh I see And then it kind of opens out once we get through here So what I'm going to do if you can see how it opens out on the way for the people to come past I'm going to continue walking but well, look at this We've now reached the end of that very narrow section and it opens out into Well, what I can see is a water from the head But it looks like the path is about to go into the rock So that's going to be quite exciting. We've been on this ledge all this time Just going to let some people pass We've been on this ledge all this time You can see at the moment we are still effectively on a bridge Got railings on each side We're going to go through this gateway here So sometimes it looks like they close it and they send you back to the entrance I'm glad they have it today And I don't think this is one gate you've found around Anyway, look we're going into this cave here It can be really really exciting It might be quite cool because although it's a hot summer day It's due to rain later which I'm actually quite pleased with Let's just have our last look at this part of the gorge There it is down there And that's where we've come from Let's go get the different now We're going into the into a cave Typical cave really quite damp and you can't really see the Long tunnel of light So I'm going to walk down here and we'll see what we find before we get to the other end A confusing moment when you're in a tunnel And you've come to a junction and you wonder which way to go I mean me, I probably want to explore both That way the tunnel continues Is this about pretty strange how Most of the time I've been doing this to see people everywhere In a tunnel I've hardly seen any other people that's just probably coming in now But here we come to the end of the tunnel There is light at the end of the tunnel And we're further down the gorge And it continues I know the can was messing about the exposure from Being very very dark, there it is, that's better We're just going down here now We're coming towards that waterfall That waterfall which we could see earlier Oh yeah look if you look back You can see just how narrow the gorge was You can see the path We've gone into the tunnel But there's still another path in the tunnel And then somewhere behind there is a railway Which we were in earlier So it's all very very exciting We've come to it Oh I see this must be the other end of the tunnel now Because I'm someone who likes to sort of do everything I can just go check This does go to wherever To that junction Yeah I think if we go up here I'm going to come back to that junction Well it was a moment ago Which um yeah here we are This is this is it So I'm just going to do that again Enjoy that again Because that was so exciting So that'll take me back where I came That goes back down to the gorge So not so long ago we were in the narrowest part of the gorge We're now in the widest part of the gorge As you can see the river's right over there And you've got all this shale and a few plants growing Probably does flood over You know especially in the spring When the snow starts mounting Look at that waterfall That's amazing I've been seeing so many of these waterfalls from trains But they've always been in the distance So it's really exciting to get close Now quite often waterfalls kind of run down the rock But this one It's um it's coming right out That it's landing in the middle of the river So you probably if you're on If you're able to walk on the other side You might be able to walk under it without getting wet I'm not too sure We'll probably see just up here Denko We'll probably see just up Yeah look it's landing in the middle of the water That's amazing That's fantastic I really like that Now it looks like As everyone's standing here looking at the waterfall We're going back into the rock So let's just go round here And get a side on view of this waterfall This is where everyone is looking at Before going underground Look at that That is amazing Now I just love the way it's really coming out It's really coming down with force Into the river Fantastic experience this is But from this very very light place I'm going into the dark tunnel Good place And I had to blast it through the rocks Which you know adds to the excitement Yeah makes a bit of a change We've been on the edge So now let's go inside And because you've enjoyed this experience So whilst we've effectively been forced underground In some places It looks like now Even the river Is going underground Maybe eventually in years to come This will all disappear There's also a random bit of concrete No doubt that's been put here to help Support the rock But it just gets more and more excited So we get to this balcony here You can see The river is disappearing Into the rock It looks like it's still a very narrow section So back there are four of them now with the type of gorge Obviously it was a lot narrower And if you look up You might give an idea just how narrow this gorge is But I'm enjoying every moment of it As you can probably see by now So next Going in that stage I would say we're just about still in the gorge But it really is narrow If you look up there A bit of light But now the path ahead Gets incredibly narrow It's really But there's light But there is just a bit of water And us And if you were to go You know Look this way I wouldn't suggest you go It's really down there It's so strange Like we are We're not in a tunnel We are technically still outside But we're very far down In this really narrow gorge And we'll continue on down I was exiting another one of the tunnels I've lost count of how many tunnels I've Now I've been through In a bit of a wider area There's the river down there Looking ahead Before we go into next tunnel There's an odd sort of mist You can just see that A bit of mist there hanging above the river We'll find that soon Let's go through this tunnel It's a bit like You know When you go on a train in Switzerland Like they go through lots of tunnels It's a bit like doing that Although we can constantly change the gradient So that would be quite a possible Oh look at this This is weird In a good way There's a river And there's this mist I know now the camera's playing a bit of exposure There's a scary sort of looking ladder there Going up Let's see if you can see that's better There's just the mist Floating off above the river Up and see the path continues The gorge opens out It's going to get wider again So let's continue on See what we can find You should now be able to see the mist I was saying about It's just like this haze It's very damp There's water dripping all over me From above You can see the path Like as a lost count of tunnels I've noticed a couple of other interesting things here We're about to go in to get another tunnel But before we go into the tunnel You can see I think for the first time We might actually get to touch the other side There's like a bridge here It looks like that swings round Should anyone, you know Not me or any of the tourists here today Should anyone want to go on to the other side Because I might be possible So we continue in for this short tunnel And we're in another strange ledge Above the misty water below And there's that swing bridge But I can't actually see where you'd go If you were to go through it Oh I see we've got Choice of two paths again There's one through the rocks But let's go to this one Oh that's That was used in the construction of the pathways You can see by this picture here We continue around as well there So we were about there man You go look it looks so sort of strange And it's amazing looking back at it So I think yeah that was obviously Maybe it's not a swing bridge It's under the construction of the pathways And at this point here We can now see we're on the other side of the gorge In fact I can actually just about touch Both sides of the gorge It's that narrow And I'm just here We get to this section Let's just get through these people And we get through here Thank you, thank you Get to here look The path it's getting mad It's backwards forward with backwards forward Beginning of zigzag down Now it's got a sort of zigzag across And there's people just Emerging from here out the rock So it's almost run along there Let's go around here Just around this bit here And see what we can see So it's really narrow Like I say my biggest fear of this Is dropping my camera Not nothing else And so we've just got to get around this next section here But so you can see now The water is right down there There's the bridge from about to go around here Thank you, thank you Thank you And that's where we've just been We've just been around there Thank you So we were over there a second ago Oh and then we get to here And you can just see And let's keep the bridge You just see around there It's very narrow So it's quite hard to get past other people And continue on down there And see what else we can see I think I've almost reached the end of the gorge It's just a bit negotiating down around here As well as a bit of a queue Let's get around here And we're now coming to the end of the gorge You can sort of see the light It's going to suddenly open out Having walked all the way through here This may well be the final tunnel We go into the entrance of the tunnel A nice bit of cool And I think quite soon we'll be back out Outside So it's quite Never mind any tunnel I did just catch a glimpse of the railway line Out there So that could be useful Because I probably will need the train to get me back You can see there's light in the head I did catch a glimpse of this tunnel When I was on the train When we went into the main tunnel I wasn't too sure what it was But now I know Here we are This is the end wall and it's bright And we're out But back out there feels a lot warmer suddenly And humid Now we're out there So the last walkway was round there somewhere The railway line is just there So any second now We should see the railway tunnel And then That'll be pretty much it for this I might continue walking back towards Maringan On this side of the river Because it'd be quite a pleasant walk Yes, there you go Just over there There's the railway tunnel I'm not sure when the next train is There's only one train that goes up and down The one I was on earlier And we've come out into another wide open valley It says there is a restaurant and tea room So I obviously pay to go in at that end You probably can do the same thing at this end And true to always attraction and fashion I'm walking out for the gift shop One thing I'll say If you're thinking of doing this Go to the end I did Because look There's a massive massive queue To get in at this end So if you are thinking of doing it I suggest you do it my way Of and then of course you get the interesting train ride But it really is worth doing Like I said it's not that much Pretty wide It's so busy actually Just going up the Jungfrau is so expensive And yet this is quite cheap It's not really quite the same Because there's no snow or anything Or not this time Anyway I hope you enjoyed this video Thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment And from just outside the entrance to the gorge