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| Does it mean that, with the second ticket, I am only allowed to travel from HB to Stadelhofen by train? | |
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It's stricter than that: you are only allowed to travel from HB to Stadelhofen, AND you are only allowed to travel by train. You can't use trams AND you can't travel to Oerlikon station or Wollishofen station, things you could do with the third option.
With the third ticket you travel from Bern to Zurich and then you take whatever transportation you want in Zurich zone 110 for one entire day. You can get off in Altstetten and go to Stadelhofen with tram n.4, if that pleases you.
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| I thought that for urban travel it does not matter what type of transportation you are taking. | |
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Only if you have a urban ticket. When you travel from train station to train station, the SBB sells you a pure railway ticket, which is only valid on SBB.
As an example, try to buy with SBB a ticket from Bern to Zurich Zoo; the cheapest option costs 31 CHF, which is equivalent to train to Zurich + urban ticket, because SBB can't take you to the Zoo without help from ZVV network.
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| So could I travel from HB to Stadelhofen by tram with the second ticket? | |
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No. See "Fare network and regional transport network" at
https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-an...und-trips.html
When I am in your situation I consider purchasing a Tageskarte. Actually, I usually buy the multipack in advance, I get 6 Tageskarten with some discount, each one ending up costing around 52 CHF. I can travel from Zurich to Bern and return, with both city transport networks included, without caring about validity borders or additional purchases, for the price of the base fare Zurich SBB - Bern SBB and return. Usually I move around a bit after some meeting so I always end up saving something
A fourth option would be to buy an SBB ticket from Bern to Altstetten (23 CHF) and then from the smartphone buy a ZVV single Ticket (4,40 CHF) while approaching Altstetten. If you don't need a return ticket you have the flexibility of the third option while saving 4 CHF...