Carrying Passport in Swiss Trains

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    26 June 2015 at 11:35:59 #807462

    Please advise, do i need to carry my Passport in ORIGINAL or will its photocopy do in ALL SWISS TRAINS.

    Need to know the same, as my tickets ( so purchased in advance) say ” to carry passport , while travelling”

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    Arno
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    26 June 2015 at 12:31:18 #844014

    Hi malhotra,

    You will need your original passport. Whether a copy would actually be a problem I don’t know. I carry my original one all the time.

    Slowpoke
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    7567 posts
    26 June 2015 at 22:05:10 #844015

    Periodically, a conductor asks for a passport as identification, especially if you are traveling on a reduced fare pass or card.

    When my grandson had trouble finding his passport in his backpack recently, the conductor accepted his USA drivers license.

    But, she did not have to.

    Passport is best.

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