Traveling around Switzerland
For all your travel around Switzerland by train and bus. The infrastructure is fantastic in Switzerland and the majority of Swiss people use the train service. It’s clean, fast and frequent.
There are no long distance bus services.
traveling around switzerland
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In October, I photographed a couple who rented a car during their holiday in Switzerland. This enabled them to book an Airbnb outside the city. They were saving money because hotel prices in Interlaken were higher than the car rental. A car does give you more freedom to explore Switzerland even on a rainy day.
SBB Mobile App
I can recommend downloading this free app from Swiss railways to your smartphone.
It is available in English.
This awesome free App will give you all the transport timetables in Switzerland.
It helps plan your day from your location in Switzerland. (Trains, boats, trams, buses, etc.)
The SBB app will show discount offers. Look for the “%” sign when planning your journey for discounts.
Pay for all your travel tickets using this App. Purchase a “half price” card on the App. All your tickets will automatically show the 50% discount.
Try planning a journey from a main line station like Zurich to Interlaken for discounts. Then add another journey on the normal price. For example: Interlaken Ost to Grindelwald.
Saver Day Pass allows you travel anywhere in Switzerland for a day. Prices vary according to how far in advance you book your journey. You will be offered the Supersaver Ticket or the Saver Day Pass when you press the PURCHASE TICKET FOR CHF.XXX red button.
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Half Price Travel Card
This card will give you a 50% discount on all of your travel around Switzerland. Including the majority of cable cars, etc.
Purchase online before you travel to Switzerland. You will quickly save money.
The majority of my clients purchase a half price card. I have a half price card for the year.
Check out the Half Price Travel card information here.
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Swiss Travel Pass
The Swiss Travel Pass for all of your travel by train, bus and some boats. Not for cable cars which might offer you a 50% reduction with a Swiss Pass.
Download to your smartphone.
Switzerland is a small country. You can easily travel around Switzerland. It might seem expensive to buy a Swiss Pass but it will save you lots of money. More information here. It’s easy to travel by train When you are based in Zürich to Bern, Lucerne, Interlaken (German speaking). Geneva. Lausanne, Montreaux (French speaking). Lugano (Italian speaking).
Good to have unlimizted travel in SWitzerland when the weather is bad. Do some traveling around Switzerland.
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Saver Day Pass – book earlier, benefit more.
The Saver Day Pass means that it is now even cheaper to spend a day traveling. And you can benefit from this offer even without a Half Fare Travelcard. The earlier you book, the more Saver Day Passes you will find. Saver Day Passes can easily be bought using the smartphone app or at SBB.ch.
More on the Saver Day Pass here.
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Travelling from Interlaken around the Jungfrau region
It has been possible to purchase a 3 or more day “Jungfrau” pass for the Jungfrau region. Use the train and cable cars to travel around the Interlaken and Jungfrau region. Please note that many cable cars will close between the end summer of the winter season and the start of the summer season for maintenance. Please check.
Visit the Jungfrau region website.
Guest Card
Ask your hotel in Interlaken for a Guest Card. It will give you discounts and most of the time free travel on the local bus service. Use it to travel for free to Iseltwald.
NOT Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen etc. Only the Interlaken area.
Grindelwald also has a guest card.
There are also electronic version that can be downloaded to your smartphone.
If you have a problem, there is a Day ticket (Tageskarte) for the local bus service in Interlaken. The area it can be used includes Beatenburg and Iseltwald.
Jungfrau Travel Pass
This will give you unlimited travel on all the trains and cable cars in the Jungfrau region (Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, WEngen, Bachalpsee, Männlichen etc. Also the Harder Kulm in Interlaken. Includes the train ride from Interlaken.
It has allowed travel to the Jungfraujoch, Schilthorn for free or offered a discount. It has also offered boat trips on the lakes. Every season is different.
The Jungfrau Pass is good for people who like hiking.
Note: You get a 50% discount if you have a SBB Half Price card. See above.
More details here: