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Travel from Zermatt to Chamonix

Sunnukouss99

Does the Swiss Travel Pass cover the train from Zermatt through to Chamonix, France or is a separate ticket required? If a separate ticket is required, can it be purchased in Zermatt or on the train?

RolandP

Hello Sunnukouss99

Good day …

No, a Swiss Travel Pass will not cover the trip to Chamonix, France. You need a ticket from Le Châtelard-frontière to Chamonix. It is stated on the Mont Blanc Express website, too:

https://www.mont-blanc-express.ch/en/subscriptions-and-passes-fp48624

It can be purchased at a train station.

Kind regards,
Roland

Danhiel

Hello Sunnukouss99

You need a ticket from Le Châtelard-Frontière (border station) to Chamonix. You can purchase this ticket in Zermatt, but not on the train. Depending of your age (junior or senior), you may have some discounts in France, but the ticket will be not valid in every train. The regular price is 8 CHF.

Kind regards
Danhiel

Sunnukouss99

RolandP Thank you very much!

RolandP

In my opinion, having been to Zermatt, Chamonix appears rather disappointing.

Kind regards,
Roland

Danhiel

RolandP In my opinion, having been to Zermatt, Chamonix appears rather disappointing.

Are you talking about the city itself (I agree) or mountain excursions with cable cars and cogwheel railways (I never use them)?

RolandP

Danhiel

With the village. I would go to either Zermatt or Chamonix, not both.

Krist

Its a bit confusing that the GA is valid till Vallorcine, but the STP not. They should try to avoid these kinds of discrepancies…

Danhiel

Krist Its a bit confusing that the GA is valid till Vallorcine, but the STP not.

And the site of the Mont-Blanc Express is false: they don’t indicate that the GA is valid to Vallorcine. I have already reported it, but they didn’t correct this error. Maybe the canton of Valais subsidizes the TMR as far as Vallorcine to encourage the use of public transport for cross-border commuters.

RolandP

TMR replied:

Bonjour

Actuellement l’AG est bien valable jusqu’à Vallorcine.
Il s’agit d’une erreur qui a été corrigée avec Alliance SwissPass. Dès le 1er juin il sera valable uniquement jusqu’à Châtelard Frontière.

Nous restons volontiers à disposition si besoin.

Avec nos meilleures salutations.

TMR VOYAGES