Follow your own fantastic path in beautiful Switzerland with Swiss Travel Passes and Half Fare Cards. Plus simplify the trips to multiple mountain summits, thanks to inclusive tickets.
ShowMeTheJourney has teamed up with our Swiss partner, Switzerland Travel Centre so that you can simplify and save money on the rail travel elements of your own Swiss itineraries by choosing:
For those who have had the rather fabulous idea to take multiple beautiful journeys in Switzerland and or to travel on more than one mountain railway, and associated experiences such as cable cars and funiculars, a range of rail passes is available for travel in Switzerland, which enable such travellers to save money.
These passes can also simplify Swiss rail travel as more often than not, those that have them can hop on and off the trains, lake boats and also on some cable cars and funiculars.
So ShowMeTheJourney is pleased to have teamed up with our Swiss partner, Switzerland Travel Centre to enable the purchase of Swiss Travel Passes, Half Fare Cards, Berner-Oberland Passes and Tell Passes
Buy Swiss Travel Passes - valid for consecutive days
Buy Swiss Travel Pass - Flex - choose travel days within fixed periods of time, so that you can travel on ideal weather days.
As can be seen on this map, which shows the railways on which Swiss Travel Passes can be used at no additional costs as solid red lines, these passes enable their users to hop off an off the overwhelming majority of trains in Switzerland.
The exceptions include some of the mountain railways, but on all of them the Swiss Travel Pass either fully covers the cost or provides access to a substantial discount.
Those that are full covered with a Swiss Travel Pass include the longer routes and networks:
Swiss Travel Pass users only have to pay reservation fees to travel on the Bernina Express, the Glacier Express and Golden Pass Express trains.
Reservations can be arranged with the Switzerland Travel Centre.
The railways on which Swiss Travel Passes enable a substantial discount are the routes which lead up to the summits of mountains; though the Mt Rigi railways are fully covered by the Swiss Travel Pass.
The cable cars and funiculars fully covered by the Swiss Travel Pass are the Stanserhorn; the Klewenalp; the Stoosbahn and the Brunni cable car in Engelberg.
Cable cars and funiculars on which Swiss Travel Pass users can travel at a 50% discount:
Swiss Travel Pass can also travel at no extra cost on
Children under 6 years old travel free. Children aged 6 - 15 years travel for free if accompanied by at least one parent.
Buy Swiss Travel Passes - valid for consecutive days
Buy Swiss Travel Pass - Flex - choose travel days within fixed periods of time, so that you can travel on ideal weather days.
If you want to base yourself in the incredible Jungfrau Region for an extended period of time, a Berner-Oberland Passs can be great value for money.
Included with these passes are:
In addition the the Berner Oberland Pass provides a 50% discount on:
Children and dogs are charged a flat rate of CHF 30, no matter how long the pass is valid for and whether you opt for 1st or 2nd class.
The Tell Pass, named after William Tell, can be a great value pass if you will be spending an extended period of time in locations in central Switzerland including Luzern, Fluelen, Engelberg or Stans.
It covers 2nd class rail travel, buses, lake boats and many of the cable cars and funiculars - the summer map of validity
Lines and routes covered by the Tell Pass include:
The Tell Pass is available for unlimited travel, for 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 consecutive days in 2nd class, with children's passes a flat rate of 30CHF.
Buy a Half Fare Card(s) valid for a month when visiting Switzerland.
Then when booking the holidays and mountain excursions you can make substantial savings by selecting the Half Fare Card rate!
You can also then obtain a discount when adding many mountain excursions to a holiday package, either online in advance of your trip, or you can be spontaneous and use them at a station on the day of your travels in Switzerland.
You can also use the Half Fare Card to book to obtain a 50% rate on all Swiss rail journeys by mainline trains - the red lines on this map.
Book in advance for your stunning journeys by train to Swiss mountain summits.
Holders of Swiss Travel Passes and Half Fare Cards can use the links below to access tickets at the discounted rate.
to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise
to Stanserhorn
Round trip by funicular railways and Cabrio Cable Car from Stans to Stanserhorn at 1898m
The Cabrio Cable Car is a double-decker cable car with an open upper deck
The cable car ticket includes the entrance to the Marmot park.
Simplify the glorious journeys by train and cable car to Swiss peaks, by booking mountain excursion packages.
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