Dear international customer,
If you are thinking of travelling in Switzerland by train, you mainly have two advantageous and very good options as a means of transport.
1. Swiss Travel Pass. Carefree travel.
The advantage: it is like having a General Travelcard that covers most of Switzerland’s public transport, regardless of bus, tram or train. It is therefore a very complete solution.
Which routes the Swiss Travel Pass covers: Find out here
Details:
- Unlimited travel by train, bus and boat
- Unlimited travel on premium panorama trains (seat reservation fees and/or surcharges apply) –> See also this very interesting article
- Unlimited use of public transport in more than 90 towns & cities
- Free admission to more than 500 museumsLink opens in new window.
- Mountain excursions included: Rigi, Stanserhorn and Stoos
- Discount of up to 50% on other mountain excursions
- Discount of up to 50% on leisure travel offers
How to purchase:
2. Swiss Half fare card + purchase half-price ticket
When you want to travel on a few routes at half price.
Purchase via SBB.ch or SBB Mobile App. The Travelcard, which is very popular in Switzerland for residents/locals, is also offered for international customers. This Travelcard in Switzerland is called “Halbtax”. For international clients is called “Swiss Half Fare Card”
The principle of this subscription is the following:
Buy a Half Fare Card to get access to the reduced price of up to 50% per route. Buy Here
With the Half Fare Card you then can always select ‘half Fare’ when defining passengers within the purchase of normal point to point tickets in the Webshop of sbb. https://sbb-tickets.cc/en
If you have any trouble write us here! or let us know your experiences within this tag
Best regards and all the best for you vacations in Switzerland and trip with SBB.🙂🚆
Romano