doubt train configuration

AlbertoSA

hello good morning,

If for instance I select: Grindelwald - via Interlaken - via Spiez - via Brig - via Andermatt - Chur and I choose the option: “point to point ticket” and I have the Half Fare Swiss Travel Pass. I can take all the trains (except panoramics) which I need going up and down in the stations during the whole day?
And with the Swiss Travel Pass is the same but free (except panoramics trains)?

thank you very much

Krist

Normal tickets are indeed for a route, and allow you to take any train on that route (with the exception of the Glacier Express). Same with a pass.

For such a long trip often a Saver Day Pass will be the cheapest option when bought sufficiently in advance.

AlbertoSA

Krist thank you!

Some thing I am concern is about the number of available tickets/seats because if too much people want to take the same train and nobody buy for the tickets, the train can be completely filled. I will travel with old people and they cannot be stand up all the travel, there is any way to buy a specific ticket? not point-to-point option to be sure we have seats?

Danhiel

Hello AlbertoSA

If you want to reserve seats you can find information and links here:

https://community.sbb.ch/blog/23887-demystifying-seat-reservations-on-swiss-trains-a-comprehensive-guide

Kind regards
Danhiel

RedBaron

AlbertoSA
Any kind of ‘ticket’ is never a ‘booking confirmation’, just an ‘admission fee’. For securing seats, an additional seat reservation is required. But this is possible only on EC/IC trains (so only between Interlaken and Brig in your example) and a few ‘panoramic’ tourist trains as mentioned in the blog article Danhiel linked above.

Note that we resident Swiss travellers never reserve a seat and therefore are not even used to check whether a seat is reserved before sitting down in an IC…
Because even if a train is ‘full’, there are usually still a few free seats, especially towards both ends of a train. Another hint is to avoid peak times, e.g. avoiding the majority of commuters by taking the earliest services or departing after approx. 08:00 am.
But there are not too many commuters between Grindelwald and Chur anyway. 🙂

Krist

AlbertoSA Some thing I am concern is about the number of available tickets/seats because if too much people want to take the same train and nobody buy for the tickets, the train can be completely filled

Tickets are always available in unlimited supply. If 1 million people turned up on Basel and wanted ticket to Brig, then one million tickets would be sold. And we would be talking about it for years :-)

It is possible that more people board a train then there are seats, and in that case some people my have to stand. But infirm people have priority, so your old folks should be able to sit. Anyway, SBB tends to run long trains, with ample capacity. Average occupancy is 25%. Most of the time you can have a whole bay of 4 seats all by yourselves. Do not worry to much. Overcrowding on long distance services is rare.

AlbertoSA

RedBaron thank you very mucha RedBaron, your help was very helpful!

AlbertoSA

Krist thank you very much for your help! I really appreciate it