Poster: A snowHead
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Hopefully I'll be making a couple of trips on Swiss railways this season, so thinking about getting one of the Swiss railway half fare cards. I can't tell from the website whether you have to be a resident though, or if you can just pick one up from a train station when you arrive? The Swiss railway office in London will sell me a 1 month card, but it works out cheaper (and more useful to me) to have a longer duration one.
I did think about signing up for the Half Fare Visa card, but for that you definitely have to be a resident...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think you have to be a resident as they send it in the post to a Swiss address - this might be out of date info though as only looked at it a few years ago.
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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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You can pick one up at the station. You will need a passport + passport photo but I'm not sure if they will post it on to the UK, they issue a temporary one on the spot and will send it on within 7 days but it usually arrives quicker. You don't have to be resident but you may need Swiss Address.
Hope this helps
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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ChrisWo, Apply using the SBB website, print off the form and post it to them with the necessary bits. AFAIR you send it to Visp. Your 1/2 fare card will arrive at your UK address. I have one, and I'm not resident and did not need to offer a Swiss address. Of course T&C's might have changed in the meantime, but I do recall getting baulked by the online application because I'd not got a Swiss address or a permit.
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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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Yeah you can get them at pretty much any station ticket counter for 150chf and they will send to a UK address and you don't need to be a permit holder, you will need a valid ID as above and a passport photo..they'll even cut it out for you with there special passport photo cuter, which is nice.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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I've had one for many years - UK delivery is no problem once you've got the first one.
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You do not have to be Resident. Be careful which one you buy obviously 3 yrs is cheaper if you do alot of trips & make a huge difference on 1st class.
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Excellent, thanks for the advice - I'll try the print and post option and see what happens.
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