Bellinzona to Locarno cycle (Ticino 'Slow Up') | Swiss train travel vlog

I cycled from Bellinzona to Locarno as part of the local Slow Up event, which is a fantastic series of cycling events where you can just cycle along a particular route with no normal motorised traffic around and no pressure to go quickly.
I had a lovely time on the official route, and also made little stops along the way to visit a handful of train stations which were near the route.

Correction for the travel day totals at the end: it should have been 3hrs 54mins & 331 km!

I'm trying to visit all 1720 Swiss public transport train stations... wish me luck!
This is Episode 21 of my 'Swiss Train Travel' series, in which I document this admittedly absurd attempt, as well as other train travel in Switzerland, which mostly consists of solo day trips from Zurich. Of course this owes its inspiration to the wonderful    / @allthestations  

Train stations newly visited today:
Bellinzona
Giubiasco
S. Antonino
Cadenazzo
Riazzino
Gordola
Tenero
Minusio
Locarno
(I'm counting a train station as visited if I've spent 15min in the area, or walked/cycled from it to another train station or vice versa.)

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Note about my All Swiss Stations project: For the number of Swiss stations which form part of the public transport system, I have linked the relevant source on my website, but since that data changes, the total I'm working towards may also change. Sorry about the inconsistencies across videos as a result!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:23 To the trains
00:42 Train to Bellinzona
04:44 Bellinzona station
07:08 Cycling and baby goats
09:51 Cycling and wisteria
12:54 Cycling home stretch
16:08 Piazza Grande Locarno + ice cream
18:41 Lake views
19:37 Trains back to Zurich
22:44 Zurich HB
23:08 Home & outro