The locomotive returns to service in 2025!
We are happy to announce that after a refurbishment, our steam locomotive will return to service in 2025, rejuvenated and stronger than ever! We can't wait to see it in action again. Check the event calendar to find out the dates of its return.
On the move for 130 years
On 4 June 1890, the first steam locomotive left Capolago for the Monte Generoso summit! Would you like to relive that glorious experience? Then book a trip by steam train and go back in time!
360° Panorama
Book your event
Discover the dates when you can board our steam train: there are select days between June and September. Simply book when it's most convenient for you and your "journey through time" will be guaranteed!
A very special locomotive
Have you always fancied seeing the puff of steam from a nineteenth-century locomotive? Here you can board a locomotive from 1890. There are special rides: find out when it runs!
Discover our history, date by date
Having existed for over a century, we have lots of stories to tell! Are you interested in learning more about the development of one of the oldest cog trains in Europe and the only one in the Canton of Ticino? Here are the milestones of the Ferrovia Monte Generoso!
Dr. Carlo Pasta builds the first hotel on Monte Generoso: it is called Bellavista
The Ferrovia Monte Generoso is inaugurated, which is initially used exclusively by a steam train
At the initiative of Charles Hochstrasser, Gottlieb Duttweiler buys the Ferrovia Monte Generoso
With the wind in your hair
Would you like to organize a special event in Ticino? Treat yourself to a trip on the "Belle Epoque" train car: enjoy a real ‘vintage’ experience! It can be pulled by a diesel or steam locomotive.
