Swiss Travel System
  1. Features
  2. Child Rules
  3. Eligible Party
  4. Individual fares
  5. Benefits
  6. Conditions of use
  7. Print at home
  8. Aftersales

The Swiss Travel System is the brand name for the entire range of Swiss public transport services available to foreign visitors. All trains, Postbuses and ships on lakes and rivers-and even the buses and trams in urban areas – are part of the Swiss Travel System.

A selection of all-in-one tickets, exclusively for our visitors, gives access to all these services. The Swiss Travel Pass is our top offer, and enables visitors to travel free of charge on the Swiss Travel System’s entire network for periods ranging from three days to one month. Just imagine-unrestricted travel from the airport railway station to right up into the mountains and back again! We also have a selection of other tickets for visitors with different requirements. 

To know more about it, have a look at the movie below

All the Basics about Traveling in Switzerland


Swiss Travel Pass survey

It's worth taking part! - Your customer can win one of 6 travel packages to Switzerland worth 5000 Swiss francs each.

Please make sure your customers are aware of that survey!

They first need to enter their details here to participate. They then will be asked to inform which journeys they have made on Swiss public transport with their Swiss Travel Pass.

The answers will help STS to distribute the revenue from the Swiss Travel Pass fairly among the participating transport companies.

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I. Features

SWISS TRAVEL PASS

  • 1st class & 2nd class
  • Validities : 3, 4, 6, 8, 15 days consecutive
  • Swiss Youth Pass for traveller up to 24 included on the first day of travel Youth Pass : 30% discount on the full fare pass
  • Available as Print at Home
  • Special travel bonuses apply

SWISS TRAVEL PASS - FLEX

  • 1st class & 2nd class
  • Validity : any 3, 4, 6, 8 or 15 days within a 1-month period
  • Travel days may be used consecutively or non-consecutively
  • Swiss Youth Pass for traveller up to 24 included on the first day of travel Youth Pass : 30% discount on the full fare pass
  • Available as Print at home
  • Special travel bonuses apply
  • Swiss Travel System map
  • Compare the Swiss Travel Pass to the Eurail/Interrail pass

SWISS HALF FARE CARD

  • 1st class & 2nd class
  • Validity : 1 month
  • 50% discount on regular open-ticket price. Please note: discounted open-ticket can only be purchased locally
  • Available as Print at Home
  • Swiss Half Fare Card map

FREE SWISS FAMILY CARD (for families travelling together)

  • This free card allows children, from 6 up to 15 included, without limitation in the number of children, to travel for free when accompanied by at least one parent (including step and foster parents) that is in possession of a valid Swiss Travel System Ticket.
  • Valid with any Swiss Travel System product (Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Travel Pass - Flex, Swiss Half Fare Card).
  • Seat reservation charges are additional to the Swiss Family Card
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II. Child rules

Children up to 5 included free if no reservation is required
Unlimited number of children from 6 up to 15 included free if holding a Swiss Family Card. See Features section above
Children from 6 up to 15 included who are not members of the family still qualify for a 50% reduction on Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Travel Pass - Flexi

III. Eligible Party

People with a permanent residence outside of Switzerland & Liechtenstein (for more than 6 months) are eligible to purchase or use a Swiss Travel System product.

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IV. Individual fares

To see the current 2024 prices, please click here

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V. Benefits

  • Free Swiss Family Card: children from 6 up to 15 included travel free. (Refer to child rule details)
  • Access to scenic routes Bernina Express, Glacier Express, Golden Pass, Gotthard Panorama Express, Chocolate Train, Centovalli Express and Lötschberger. Be aware that reservations are compulsory on some scenic trains and fees vary by train.
  • Mountain excursions included: Klewenalp, Rigi, Stanserhorn and Stoos
  • Special Passholder fares on TGV Lyria (France – Switzerland TGV), No passholder fare on services from Geneva and Basel.  (Not available with RE booking tool yet)
  • 25-50% discount on Mountain top excursions: applies between the 1st day of free travel and the last day of free travel.
  • Free admission to over 500 Museums: valid for the whole duration for a consecutive pass and valid on a Flex pass only once it has been activated.
  • Free public transportation in 90 cities
  • Special travel bonuses: for full list of bonuses, please refer to Swiss Trael System map .
  • Compare the Swiss Travel Pass to the Eurail/Interrail pass

VI. Conditions of use

  • The name on the railpass must match the name on the passport
  • Passes are pre-validated at time of purchase. Must be within 6 months of issue date.
  • Swiss Travel Pass - Flex, date of travel have to be entered in the correct way before boarding the first train, by the traveller, in the corresponding box of the calendar
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VII. Print at home

  • The Swiss Travel Pass e-pass booked via Easy Rail Access booking tool does NOT require the passport number
  • The Swiss Half Fare Card will be available in Easy Rail Access booking tool together with the Swiss passes when searching for Switzerland in the "Passes" tab
  • For Swiss Travel Pass consecutive days, Swiss Half Fare Card, the pass or card will be attached to the booking confirmation email as a pdf. The pass or card must be printed prior to boarding the first train.
  • For Swiss Travel Pass Flex, the pdf that will be attached to the confirmation email is a receipt and not a valid travel document! Customers need to activate their travel days on www.activateyourpass.com. They will receive a valid ticket for each activated travel day. This can be shown either in printed form or on a mobile device when tickets are being checked.
  • Activated travel days can be deactivated/changed any number of times until the day prior to the selected travel day (11:59pm). On the selected travel day, an activated ticket cannot be deactivated anymore.
  • For information on how to book via Easy Rail Access booking tool, User Manual is available here
Important notes
  • Once the pass has been booked and issued the start date on the pass or card cannot be changed
  • Please make sure passengers will arrive in Switzerland on the day or after the day you have entered in the booking
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VIII. Aftersales

Refundable up to 1 day prior to first date of validity. Thereafter, a CHF10 penalty applies. If pass is used or flexi days are activated, it is non refundable.

Also, partial non-use is accepted as proven in the following cases post the one day before the day of validity:

• Illness, death or accident, on presentation of the relevant documents

• the refund request is made at the place where travel was interrupted

• confirmation by the transport undertaking

• the ticket is sent by post from the place where travel was interrupted to the issuing office

The following percentages are refunded. Amounts are rounded. No processing fee is charged, as this is included in the percentages.