Point-to-point rules

bobcabbie1

We would like to take trains from Spiez to Grindelwald to Eigergletscher to Lauterbrunnen, on Sunday, 9 June. On the sbb website, when I put in those 4 locations, it returns a total fare of CHF 103.60 (Point-to-point Ticket) each. Stepping through all 13 “Trip info” pages, and looking at the little blue “type of train” icons, it shows:

Spiez to Grindelwald as a regular train.
Grindelwald to Eigergletscher appears to be a cable car.
Eigergletscher to Lauterbrunnen goes through Kleine Scheidegg and Wengen and appears to be some kind of incline car.

Since it's a Point-to-point Ticket, can we hop off the different trains, maybe visit different towns for a short while, then hop on the next train, etc., as long as we get it done on the same day?
I see that sbb.ch offers a Saver Day Pass for CHF 88.00 each (without the Half Fare TravelCard).  Would that Saver Day Pass allow us to get on and off all those different trains on the same day?
Many thanks in advance.

All the best,

RolandP

Hello bobcabbie1

Your question is a bit difficul to read.

If you purchase a return point-to-point ticket from Spiez to Grindelwald to Eigergletscher and back, you are allowed to travel via Grindelwald on one way, and via Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen on the way back, or vice versa.

From Grindelwald Terminal, there will be gondolas up to Eigergletscher (see Eiger Express); from Grindelwald, the village, to Eigergletscher, as well as from Eigergletscher to Lauterbrunnen you will travel on cogwheel trains.

See the map here:
https://media.jungfrau.ch/image/upload/fl_lossy,q_auto/c_scale,w_3360/v1708949817/Map-Sommer-2024-Jungfrau-Travel-Pass.jpg

With a regular point-to-point ticket, you can take as many stops as you want, yet no backtracking. Your travel must follow the route indicated on the ticket.

For security reasons, you should not leave your private e-mail address on publicly accessible forums.

Kind regards,
Roland

bobcabbie1

bobcabbie1 I
Thanks, RolandP. I had copied and pasted my original posting, but somehow it didn’t format correctly. I was also asking if we could travel that same route by buying a Saver Day Pass (without the Half Fare TravelCard) for CHF 88.00 each and save even more money? Thank you for the nice map, and for your reminder not to post my email address so carelessly!
bobcabbie1

RolandP

Good morning from Switzerland bobcabbie1

Normally, point-to-point tickets must be used on the same route in both directions; this for the outward as well as for the inward journey.

For the travel from Spiez to Eigergletscher, however, the point-to-point ticket works a bit differently; there, they leave you the option to travel via Grindelwald Terminal or Lauterbrunnen. Thus, you can travel in both directions via Grindelwald Terminal, or in both directions via Lauterbrunnen / Wengen, or via one way up and the other way down. So, in other terms, here, the point-to-point ticket can be used for a circuit. This is indicated on the ticket, ‘via Lauterbrunnen o Grindelwald Terminal’, where the ‘o’ stands for ‘or’.

The only restriction: you cannot travel to Grindelwald, the village, as you must change at Grindelwald Terminal, the station before. If you want to travel via Grindelwald, the village, ask the train conductor to issue a change of route ticket.

The Saver Day Pass is valid to Grindelwald or Wengen only, not beyond. You would require a ticket from Grindelwald or Wengen to Eigergletscher in addition. Cost-wise, a point-to-point is probably cheaper, given the flexible choice of route here.

Also, if you plan multiple trips in Switzerland, the Swiss Half Fare Card is very beneficial. If you gonna stay in the Bernese Oberland area solely, the Bernese Oberland Pass might be another valuable ticket. It all depends on what you plan while visiting our beautiful country.

What do you think?

You might want to tell us your travel plans, we can gladly assist you in choosing the perfect ticket mix. That’s the intention of this platform.

Best wishes,
Roland

bobcabbie1

Hi Roland,
My wife and I arrive Zurich Flughafen at noon on Thursday 6 June. We’ll be staying at the Wanderlust Guesthouse in Weggis. I already bought SuperSaver tickets for the 1:15pm train to Weggis, forgetting we will have to go through immigration and customs. So it’s likely we will miss that train and have to forfeit the tickets.
We’ll stay Thursday night at the Wanderlust, then take the train to Spiez on Friday (I haven’t bought those tickets yet). We stay Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at a VRBO in Spiez. We want to do the loop to Grindelwald, Eigergletscher, and Lauterbrunnen on Sunday. We would like to take the ride up to Jungfraujock, but that looks like a separate ticket and the round trip would cost about CHF 150 each, so it’s a bit expense for us retirees.
Then we have tickets for the train to Zurich HB on Monday, where we catch a train to Amsterdam at Noon (we have those tickets).
Thanks again for all your help. That was a very valuable piece of information about being able to go through Grindelwald on the way up, and Lauterbrunnen on the way back, all on a Point-to-point round trip ticket. If we want to visit the village of Grindelwald, you said we should ask the conductor to change our ticket to include the stop at the village. Does that involve buying another ticket?
Robert