Switzerland is a German Speaking country. And is one of the 26 Shengen Countries.
Our family Europe tour in June 2013 continued to Switzerland. We had traveled from Austria on 12 June 2013.
We were in Munich, Germany on 11 June 2013. Please click the link for our previous day's wanderlust.
We came from Salzburg, traveled by train (railjet 32). The train departed at 8:02am.
waiting for the train
The travel from Salzburg to Feldkirch by train via Innsbruck was very scenic. I would be uploading to youtube the photos we have taken during the travel.
For our travel schedule, I read that the train would not go direct to Zurich. There would be a few transfers. We found it inconvenient with our 4 big luggage. So I just booked from Salzburg to Feldkirch and from Feldkirch, we would try to find a van to transfer us to the very first city of Switzerland that we would reach which is the city of Buch.
Luckily, Railjet 32, terminated at Feldkirch, Austria though, there was a bus to take all the passengers going to Zurich. I have asked the conductor if we would be allowed to take the bus, our paid itinerary was up to Feldkirch only. He said we can if we are going to Zurich.
The bus stopped at Buch, Switzerland (the border). 2 or 3 officials boarded the bus and have checked if there were suspicious passenger(s). They asked 2 teens sat behind for their passports and failed to show. The teens were asked to get off the bus. At first, the teens were making excuse until one of the officials raised his voice. I felt so sorry for the kids. Probably they were running away and would like to live in Switzerland.
The bus terminated at Sargans, Switzerland station and advised us to take the regional train to Zurich which would take about an hour or more. I bought first our Swisspass in Sargans before we boarded the train to Zurich. We left Sargans around 1:45pm
ABOUT SWISS TRAVEL PASS
Exploring Switzerland has never been so easy! The Swiss Travel Pass is your all-in-one ticket to travel by rail, road and waterway throughout the whole of Switzerland. And it includes many bonus benefits. Enjoy total travel freedom – with just a single ticket.
- Unlimited travel by rail, road and waterway
- Including most panorama pleasures*
- Free travel on public transport in 75 towns and cities
- Free admission to more than 480 museums
- 50% discount off most mountain railways
- Children under the age of 16 travel free of charge when accompanied by at least one parent holding the Swiss Family Card
- Swiss Travel Pass and Swiss Travel Pass Youth are also available as print@home tickets
- Only persons domiciled outside Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein are entitled to purchase this ticket
Validity: 3, 4, 8 or 15 consecutive days.
The Swiss Travel Pass Flex is valid on a certain number of days within any given month.
Validity: any 3, 4, 8 or 15 days within a month.
You can obtain the Swiss Half Fare Card Combi as an additional card when you purchase a Swiss Travel Pass Flex or a Swiss Transfer Ticket. It costs CHF 60 and offers the same services as the Swiss Half Fare Card.
Swiss Travel Pass Youth and Swiss Travel Pass Flex Youth.
The Swiss Travel System also issues a special ticket for young travellers – the Swiss Youth Pass, which may be purchased by travellers aged under 26. It entitles the holder to the same advantages as the S Swiss Travel Pass or Swiss Travel Pass Flex, but costs 15% less.
Validity: as with Swiss Travel Pass and Swiss Travel Pass Flex.
Swiss Travel Pass
Adults.
| | 2nd class | 1st class | |
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| 3 days | CHF 210 | CHF 336 |
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| 4 days | CHF 251 | CHF 402 |
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| 8 days | CHF 363 | CHF 581 |
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| 15 days | CHF 440 | CHF 704 |
Swiss Travel Pass Youth
Young adults aged under 26.
| | 2nd class | 1st class | |
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|---|
| 3 days | CHF 179 | CHF 286 |
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| 4 days | CHF 213 | CHF 342 |
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| 8 days | CHF 309 | CHF 494 |
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| 15 days | CHF 374 | CHF 598 |
Children of age between 6 and 16 are free of charge with one accompanying parent.
We bought Swiss travel pass 2nd class Adults (2) and Youth (1).
For further info and updates, visit SBB site
http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
When we boarded the train to Zurich from Sargans, with our luggage, we just went in on the very first car. We did not realize it was for 1st class passengers.
We have been sitting for more than half an hour when a lady went inside the carriage and checked our pass. She informed us that the carriage is for 1st class and our pass was 2nd class. We needed to transfer. Goodness! what about our big stuff? The conductress was very kind and said to transfer to station where the train will take a little long. Most of the stop intervals take only 1 minute. A few are 2 minutes. so we have transferred on the 2 minutes interval.
I will show you on the next post the swiss transportation site I was visiting for our travel from one city/region to another. We had our lunch in Zurich and we walked around the old town. We left Zurich around 6pm to Lucerne. We had stayed in Lucerne for 3 nights.
...continues to Family trip to Zurich, Switzerland 12 June 2013
See also:
Train travel from Salzburg to Zurich on video
Swiss Transport Museum visit, 13 June 2013.
Europe tour June 2013
