Looking for an adventurous train journey? We have you covered. A New Year, week-long rail option travels Europe’s highest railway, taking passengers through five countries. What better way to celebrate the New Year 2025 – although this isn’t for budget-minded travelers?

Vacations By Rail offers a week-long train journey for New Year 2025

This new rail adventure winds through five European countries over the period of a week. Moreover, the train stops at the highest railway station in Europe, offers a stay in a fairytale Swiss village, and culminates with a New Year’s Eve gala dinner. Meanwhile, this epic journey is the Interlaken and the Jungfrau Express New Year offering from Vacations By Rail.

About the epic New Year winter train journey

The new seven-day train journey includes accommodations in four-star hotels and most meals during the rail vacation.

Meanwhile, the journey sets off from London, where guests will board the Eurostar to Brussels. Once there, a change of trains takes guests on to Cologne, Germany, with an overnight stop for dinner.

The next morning, guests catch a train from Germany into Switzerland. The train heads along the dramatic Rhine Gorge, where steep rock faces are often crowned with fairytale castles.

Activities to enjoy following the train journey

The final stop is Interlaken, a resort in the Bernese Oberland of the Swiss Alps, beneath the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountains. Here, guests spend five nights while exploring the settlement that lines a valley between the beautiful lakes of Thun and Brienz.

Among the attractions is a meal in a rotating restaurant, taking day trips in the surrounding areas, exploring the countryside and quaint villages. Moreover, guests can take a train ride to the Alpine village of Mürren, where a cable car whisks them up to the summit of Schilthorn Mountain.

Once at the mountain’s peak, guests will enjoy a meal at the 360-degree rotating restaurant Piz Gloria. This restaurant was used as a film location in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

More on the train journey

Meanwhile, guests have a choice of 45 mountain railways and aerial gondolas in the surrounding Interlaken area to explore during their stay.

One of the most important rides to enjoy on New Year’s Day is the Jungfrau Railway. This cogwheel line heads through tunnels beneath the Eiger Mountain, taking gusts to Europe’s highest station at 3,454 meters above sea level, Jungfraujoch Station.

From these dizzying heights, guests continue to Basel and then Paris, where they will conclude their train journey on the Eurostar back to London.

This amazing journey kicks off on December 27 or 28 and concludes on January 2 or 3. The price of tickets is €2,400 ($2,592), which includes all rail journeys, six nights in hotel accommodation, local guides, a tour escort and many meals.

Find out more on the Vacations By Rail website here.