OPINION OPINION | RICHARD MASON: Traveling the rails in Switzerland by Richard Mason | Today at 1:52 a.m. Over several decades of travel in Europe, Vertis and I developed a fondness for Switzerland. One of the primary reasons is the country's transportation system, built around a series of interconnected railways. Tourism is one of the top Swiss job creators; the country strives to attract visitors and make them want to come back. One of the incentives is a Swiss Travel Pass that can be purchased before arriving in the country. It lets a visitor ride almost any form of transportation in the country including buses, trains, boats, lake ferries, and mountain lifts.