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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
I have a couple of trips booked to Switzerland over the upcoming
season and was wondering what the cheapest way to get to the relevant resorts are! I will be landing at Zurich on three seperate occasions and will need to transfer to Davos, Engelberg and Lauterbrunnen(Wengen) I know I can go to the Swiss Tourist office and buy ski train tickets for £55 return each time, but I was wondering whether simply buying normal 2nd class tickets would work out cheaper! As each of these trips is for 5 to 7 people, it means a total of 18 return train tickets need to be purchased. A saving of £10 means a toltal saving of near £200 for us, which is a fair chunk! Any Advice would be very much appreciated! Alan van Wyk |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
"Alan van Wyk" wrote in message
om... I will be landing at Zurich on three seperate occasions and will need to transfer to Davos I've travelled from Zurich to Davos on the train, and just bought a 2nd class ticket at the station.. it was less than 55 pounds, but I can't exactly remember how much.. something like 75CHF.. |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
Thank You Johannes, but i think you slightly misunderstood my query
slightly, though your information is very helpful! I have 3 seperate trips booked. I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Davos. On a seperate occasion I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Engelberg. And on another seperate occasion I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Wengen. I have looked on the sbb website, but I am not 100% sure how the rail system works in Switzerland. What I do know is that when I was last in Switzerland, the rail service was clean efficient and always on time! Thanks for your help. Alan van Wyk |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
Hi,
Some info: https://shop.sbb.ch/webapp/commerce/.../report?LANG=E Second class return to Davos is cheaper than this, can't honestly see the point. I thought these tickets were a lot cheaper. www.sbb.ch will show you the ticket prices. For example Zurich airport - - Davos second class is CHF 98. Shout if you need more help. -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch "Alan van Wyk" wrote in message om... Thank You Johannes, but i think you slightly misunderstood my query slightly, though your information is very helpful! I have 3 seperate trips booked. I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Davos. On a seperate occasion I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Engelberg. And on another seperate occasion I need return prices from Zurich Airport to Wengen. I have looked on the sbb website, but I am not 100% sure how the rail system works in Switzerland. What I do know is that when I was last in Switzerland, the rail service was clean efficient and always on time! |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
Thanks For your Responses aga
in I have had a look and all three tickets seem to cost the same or LESS than £56! That doesn't make any sense though? Do you think it is better just land at thew airport then and buy the tickets there? I get Zurich to Lauterbrunnen(Wengen) for 104 CHF Zurich to Davos for CHF 98.00 and Zurich to Engelberg for CHF 76.80 The Swiss Tourist Office want to charge me £56 for each return ticket (124 CHF) i find it really odd that the tourist office would try to pull a quick one on potential Tourists/Travellers! Last season I went to Switzerland three times and this season three times! Is it possible to book these tickets up front? Thanks again for your input! Alan van Wyk |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
Take a look at the Swiss Transfer Ticket. It gives one round trip from
gateway city to one destination. http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/pa...fer_ticket.htm I used this last year from Geneva -- Zermatt. It's listed as $80 (2nd class) which, I believe is approx £50 round-trip. I believe one of the conditions is that is must be purchased from outside of the country before departure, hopefully (for you) not limited to U.S. points of origin. "Alan van Wyk" wrote in message om... I have a couple of trips booked to Switzerland over the upcoming season and was wondering what the cheapest way to get to the relevant resorts are! I will be landing at Zurich on three seperate occasions and will need to transfer to Davos, Engelberg and Lauterbrunnen(Wengen) I know I can go to the Swiss Tourist office and buy ski train tickets for £55 return each time, but I was wondering whether simply buying normal 2nd class tickets would work out cheaper! As each of these trips is for 5 to 7 people, it means a total of 18 return train tickets need to be purchased. A saving of £10 means a toltal saving of near £200 for us, which is a fair chunk! Any Advice would be very much appreciated! Alan van Wyk |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, and Engelberg!
- If the total of your tickets exceeds 300 CHF, you should also buy the
half-price card that entitles you to half price travel on virtually all trains in Switzerland, and the child rate on public transport in most cities. CHF 150 for one year (CHF 87 for 16 year old kids) CHF 250 for two years CHF 333 for three years I think you have to order in advance, but a foreign address is not a problem. See http://www.rail.ch/pv/billab_e.htm (Sounds like you visit Switzerland frequently, the three-year pass is probably good for you) - If you have kids under 16 travelling with their parents, buy a child card for 20CHF, entitles to free travel on most trains for one year. "Alan van Wyk" wrote in message om... Thanks For your Responses aga in I have had a look and all three tickets seem to cost the same or LESS than £56! That doesn't make any sense though? Do you think it is better just land at thew airport then and buy the tickets there? I get Zurich to Lauterbrunnen(Wengen) for 104 CHF Zurich to Davos for CHF 98.00 and Zurich to Engelberg for CHF 76.80 The Swiss Tourist Office want to charge me £56 for each return ticket (124 CHF) i find it really odd that the tourist office would try to pull a quick one on potential Tourists/Travellers! Last season I went to Switzerland three times and this season three times! Is it possible to book these tickets up front? Thanks again for your input! Alan van Wyk |
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Transport in Switzerland - Zurich to Davos, Wengen, andEngelberg!
On 27/11/2003 12:27, in article , "Marco
Cattaneo" wrote: - If the total of your tickets exceeds 300 CHF, you should also buy the half-price card that entitles you to half price travel on virtually all trains in Switzerland, and the child rate on public transport in most cities. CHF 150 for one year (CHF 87 for 16 year old kids) CHF 250 for two years CHF 333 for three years I think you have to order in advance, but a foreign address is not a problem. See http://www.rail.ch/pv/billab_e.htm No, you can buy it on the spot and they issue a temporary card until the real plastic one comes through the post. You can use the temp' card in the meantime. |
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