Comment by tonfa
19 hours ago
France, Italy, Austria (and probably others) don't have monopoly on long distance train. For instance, you can take a DB/Renfe/Trenitalia train on french high speed line, or in Austria take a Westbahn train instead of ÖBB.
That said personally I much prefer the mostly fixed pricing (and no reservation required) of swiss network than the dynamic one of other countries.
It doesn't really work all that well. The "everything above the rail" model suffers from the fundamental problem that "everything above the rail" is just a minor component in the overall cost of rail.