 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Has anyone done a rail transfer from Geneva airport to Zermatt recently and can recommend the best/cheapest ticket option?
The last time I did it a few years ago the Swiss Transfer Ticket was the way to go but I'm not sure that's the case anymore?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Your best option is this ticket
https://www.sbb.ch/en/buying/pages/kontingent/kontingent.xhtml;jsessionid=84E87AC4AD31E23B1AB09BA4AA025961
Valid for any train on the day of travel. There is a super saver ticket but that ties you to a specific train and if your flight is delayed or whatever you might miss it.
You buy one saver day pass for each day of travel. Be sure and tick the box that says ‘no discount ticket’ as the initial price assumes you have a half fare card as most Swiss do - not really economic for a point to point trip like Geneva/Zermatt. So you should actually pay roughly double the initial price.
Also the price increases the closer you get to date of travel, so the earlier you buy it, the better…
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@scotsgirl, yes I find the saver day pass is the best flexible ticket option for travelling from airport to resort and back (in my case to Wengen, but as it covers the whole Swiss rail network also good for Zermatt). The saver day pass used to only go on sale 60 days before the date of travel, but they've recently relaxed that period so it now goes on sale up to 6 months before the date of travel. As you said, the earlier you buy it the cheaper it is.
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@scotsgirl, @Alastair Pink,
Thank you. That's very helpful.
Seems to be CHF52 2nd class each way throughout January which I don't think is too bad.
I remember the Transfer Ticket being more than that about 10 years ago!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@skibedoo, yes looking at January the full price appears to be CHF52 2nd class each way on most days, although certain days e.g Sat 6th Jan are slightly more expensive at CHF61....
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@skibedoo, Have a great time, I hope its a sunny day as you go along the side of the lake. Enjoy a picnic on the train to Visp, as we did 23 years ago.
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