Hello everybody. I dont have so much experience with swiss public transport system but from little experience i can say that yes it is reliable like most in european cities but remarkably expensive. I paid 160 CHF for a return ticket from basel to lausanne. I mean maybe on swiss salaries it is not as expensive but for sure to a tourist i believe prices are a bit crazy.
Last edited by lost_inbroad; 30.08.2012 at 01:44.
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Hello everybody. I dont have so much experience with swiss public transport system but from little experience i can say that yes it is reliable like most in european cities but remarkably expensive. I paid 160 CHF for a return ticket from basel to lausanne. I mean maybe on swiss salaries it is not as expensive but for sure to a tourist i believe prices are a bit crazy.
Odd,
If you go to SBB Fahrplan then there is no such price, neither 1st (Fr.208.-) or 2nd class (Fr.122.-) this without halbtax.
Sorry yes you are kind of correct now i also see the tickets, the trip was from basel airport to lausanne second class -136CHF.
Yet i still do consider, for a distance of 195km that the price is very very expensive.
For example in the netherlands a similar distance without a card, would be 46 euros return (groningen-amsterdam, www.ns.nl)..and 17 euros in greece (thessaloniki-volos, www.ose.gr) and in order to factor those salary wise, my disposable salary will be 2300-2500CHF in switzerland, and was 1200 euros in the NL and 900euros in greece (after substracting accomodaton in similar housing)... thus if we factor everything both in absolute and/or relative values sbb is quite expensive.
To the last comment...i dont think you can be posh on a train...even first class, it is a quite basic means of transport..a mercedes S-class, jaguar..maybe helicopter..this would be posh (at least for me)
Sorry yes you are kind of correct now i also see the tickets, the trip was from basel airport to lausanne second class -136CHF.
Yet i still do consider, for a distance of 195km that the price is very very expensive.
For example in the netherlands a similar distance without a card, would be 46 euros return (groningen-amsterdam, www.ns.nl)..and 17 euros in greece (thessaloniki-volos, www.ose.gr) and in order to factor those salary wise, my disposable salary will be 2300-2500CHF in switzerland, and was 1200 euros in the NL and 900euros in greece (after substracting accomodaton in similar housing)... thus if we factor everything both in absolute and/or relative values sbb is quite expensive.
To the last comment...i dont think you can be posh on a train...even first class, it is a quite basic means of transport..a mercedes S-class, jaguar..maybe helicopter..this would be posh (at least for me)
You obviously never used the train in Britain.
If you travel regularly by train and tram a Halbtax card may be a worthwhile investment...
To the last comment...i dont think you can be posh on a train...even first class, it is a quite basic means of transport..a mercedes S-class, jaguar..maybe helicopter..this would be posh (at least for me)
I think you're confusing posh with celebrity chaviness.
Real posh people travel by bicycle:
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Yes for sure I try to find and get informed about cards that i could use for cheap public transport. Besides public transport is my only choice!! (apart from distances that can be covered by bike when weather allows! ) I am moving to Lausanne in a few weeks so try to get to know how daily things ''work'' in switzerland!
Hello, I am travelling to Zürich next week and while searching for information about public transport I found your posts.
I need to take the bus from the Zürich Airport to Kanonengasse, Zürich but I can't seem to find bus prices anywhere on the web. Do you have any information regarding the prices and how it works with the tickets( can I buy at the airport or online?, do I have to check them?)
Vielen Dank im Voraus,
Cordelia
Hello,
thank you very much for the answers. I had no problem with transport whatsoever because the automated ticket machines were very easy to use and came in different languages(German, french, English). sometimes though, it's confusing as to how many zones you have to buy the ticket for.
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but yet again, when he travels distances more than >30 km...is he still using his bike?
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