How Switzerland Engineered the Perfect Country

Secret Behind the World’s Most Efficient Train System
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Very grateful for the access to trains given to me by:
- SBB: https://www.sbb.ch/
- Jungfrau Railways: https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/

Special thanks to:
- Jean-Luc Rickenbacher, Historian & Curator at Swiss Museum of Transport
- Philipp Fröhlich - ETH Zurich, Institute of Transport Planning
- Sven Paulin
- & everyone who joined Johnny in Switzerland: Niklaus Gammeter, Tom Vaillant, Dalibor Itze, Elias Schmidt, Cédric Apitzsch, Julian Ceska, Dalibor Itze, John Trajkov, Nico Suter, Neils Lehner, Argyris Sarris, Simon Steffan, Joshua Lohr, Gregor Thom, Elias Schmid

My American mind cannot comprehend the expanse and efficiency of Switzerland’s rail network. Follow along as I race the clock to cover all of Switzerland in just 24 hours using only trains.

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
02:59 Simplon Tunnel
04:28 Swiss Train History
11:00 Climbing the Alps
20:16 Always On Time
25:12 The Canton Challenge

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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