Bern and Bellinzona, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Train passengers without tickets or sitting in first class when they have only second class tickets will be treated alike by Switzerland’s CFF rail company, following a decision by a Swiss court: subject to CHF80 fines plus the missing fare or the difference between classes. Travelers should be aware […]
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Swiss national holiday: travel alerts, last-minute planning
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Two-hour cut in Bern-Zurich-Basel train service hits int’l travel
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A two-hour cut in train service on the key Bern-Zurich lines starting at 11:15 Tuesday 14 July was due to a power failure at a points station in Olten, says the CFF rail company. No intercity trains ran during that time, resulting in a major disruption of international train service because […]
Swiss public transport accidents due mainly to rail, tram crossings
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Forty people lost their lives in accidents in 2008 that were linked to public transport: three of them in buses, one in a tram accident and the other 36 in accidents that involved “unauthorized” crossings or inattention at crossings of trains and trams. Switzerland has one of the world’s lowest rates […]
Swiss train tickets: buy before you board or pay CHF10 “tax”
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The CHF5 you now pay if you’ve rushed onto a Swiss train without buying your ticket in advance will go up to CHF10 on Switzerland’s national day, 1 August. The CFF rail company and public transport authorities have agreed to the increase in order to discourage the growing number of people […]