For the summer, Swiss Federal Railways will offer further direct services to European destinations such as Rimini, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Passengers will have to be patient, however, as works are expected to disrupt some services. Direct TGV services will run from Thursday to Monday to the French cities of Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. They will run daily from June 27 to August 23. However, between 27 July and 16 August 2026, due to works at La Plaine, canton Geneva, TGVs will only depart from and arrive at Annemasse, where it will be necessary to change trains. Work on the line to Italy From the end of May until the beginning of October, a direct train will link Zurich to Rimini in Italy. As in previous years, RFI, the Italian infrastructure manager, will be carrying out work on the Simplon route. “As a result, from June 7 to July 26, EuroCity trains between Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, Bern and Milan will …