{"id":580138,"date":"2026-10-24T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/fast-track-to-the-slopes-12-european-ski-resorts-by-rail-in-less-time-than-you-may-think\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:00:25","slug":"fast-track-to-the-slopes-12-european-ski-resorts-by-rail-in-less-time-than-you-may-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/fast-track-to-the-slopes-12-european-ski-resorts-by-rail-in-less-time-than-you-may-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast track to the slopes: 12 European ski resorts by rail \u2013 in less time than you may think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For skiers looking to reduce their carbon footprint, rail travel from the UK to the Alps has never been quicker or easier. Here\u2019s how to get there<\/p>\n<p>Speeding effortlessly towards the slopes by train, you might wonder why you ever flew to a ski resort. On paper, it seems a\u00a0short hop by plane; in reality, airport queues, cramped flights and long transfers can mean the\u00a0journey eats up a whole day.<\/p>\n<p>Measured door-to-door, daytime rail travel from London can be as fast as flying, while taking a sleeper train gets you extra time on the slopes. And with Alpine glaciers suffering significant loss of snow cover as global temperatures rise, rail travel constitutes the biggest emissions saving a skier can make.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/2026\/oct\/24\/alps-ski-resorts-by-rail-train-from-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/2026\/oct\/24\/alps-ski-resorts-by-rail-train-from-uk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/2026\/oct\/24\/alps-ski-resorts-by-rail-train-from-uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For skiers looking to reduce their carbon footprint, rail travel from the UK to the Alps has never been quicker or easier. Here\u2019s how to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":580139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","wpcat-7-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3365-mPh8Vv.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelycity.com\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}