Lucerne Museum of Transport free or discounted with Swiss Travel Pass?
A traveler recalls a previous visit to the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum in Lucerne, where they were surprised to find that the Swiss Travel Pass only offers a 50% discount instead of free entry. They are seeking clarification on whether this is still the case, as another traveler believes the pass grants free admission.
- The Swiss Travel Pass provides a 50% discount at the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum, not free entry.
- To find a list of museums participating in the Swiss Museums Pass, visit the appropriate website and download the PDF available.
- If traveling with children, the Swiss Family Card allows for free entry, but adult tickets are still subject to discount rates.
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A few years ago I had about an hour to spare in Lucerne and went to the Transport Museum expecting to gain free admission with my Swiss Travel Pass, which is automatically also a Swiss Museums Pass. I was horrified to discover that I only got a 50% discount. Paying about 27 Franks for one hour was not worth it, and I caught the next trolleybus into town.
What is the current position regarding the validity of the Swiss Travel Pass at the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum? I looked on the Verkehrshaus website but I could not find a clear answer., though there is reference ‘to discounted entry’. The Swiss Museums Pass website I found a total mess. I could not even find a list of participating museums.
I ask the question because another (otherwise very well informed enquirer) seems to think that you do get free entry with the STP to the ‘Travel Museum’ in Lucerne.
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Hi Roger,
>>> What is the current position regarding the validity of the Swiss Travel Pass at the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum? I looked on the Verkehrshaus website but I could not find a clear answer., though there is reference ‘to discounted entry’.
The Swiss Travel Pass gets you a 50% discount. It’s explained here:
https://www.museumspass.ch/en/where-to-use-my-museum-pass/
>>> The Swiss Museums Pass website I found a total mess. I could not even find a list of participating museums.
You can download a PDF of the participating museums from the page linked to above.
>>> I ask the question because another (otherwise very well informed enquirer) seems to think that you do get free entry with the STP to the ‘Travel Museum’ in Lucerne.
I remember when the Swiss Travel Pass got you free entry, but they reduced it to 50% discount quite a few years ago now.
Hope this clarifies things!
Alpenrose
Firstly, thank you very much for this very helpful and rapid reply. I too can remember when the STP gave free entry to the Verkehrshaus!
May I ask a (perhaps difficult) question which does not personally concern me. Tom and Tamsin are travelling around Switzerland with their children Dick (10) and Harriet (8). They have (of course) both a Swiss Travel Pass for Tom and Tamsin and a Swiss Family Card for Dick and Harriet.
They arrive in Lucerne intending to go up (for free) the Stanserhorn. But the weather is bad, certainly not suitable for a cable car ride. While they are thinking what to do, Dick spots a ‘very long bendibus with poles on the roof’. All four excitedly jump on this very strange vehicle not knowing or caring where they are going. It happens to be a number 8 to Wurzenbach. Harriet suddenly cries out ‘Look, old trains’. They pile off the bus and race to the cash desk of what is obviously a very large museum which should make all four of them happy. Tom and Tamsin show the their STPs and the the Swiss Family Card.
Tom and Tamsin obviously pay 50% of the normal adult rate. But what about the children? Normal child rate? 50% of the child rate? Free?
On the Museums Pass website you referred me to it says Verkehrshaus – museum of transportation in Lucerne: 50% discount on full fare Holders of a swiss museum pass get 50% discount on the full fare to the museum including Mediaworld. Holders of a Swiss Travel System Ticket will get 50% discount on the full fare to the museum or even on the day pass.
I am 76 year-old Englishman whose first language is English. I have been visiting Switzerland regularly ever since 1971. This entry is FAR FROM CLEAR. In particular, what is a ‘Swiss Travel System Ticket’. I suspect that concept includes a General Abonnement (not relevant to tourists) a Swiss Travel Pass and a Swiss Family Card (that may solve Dick and Harriet). Does the concept extend to the Half Fare Card? Does it extend to an all-Switzerland one day ticket? These last two questions are clearly very relevant to tourists.
I am sorry to keep asking these difficult questions! You good people at MySwissAlps are certainly not responsible for this mess!
Hi Roger,
>>> Tom and Tamsin show the their STPs and the the Swiss Family Card.Tom and Tamsin obviously pay 50% of the normal adult rate. But what about the children? Normal child rate? 50% of the child rate? Free?
Their pricing structure is indeed rather on the complicated side, but it is all set out here:
https://www.verkehrshaus.ch/en/visit/for-your-visit/admission-prices-and-tickets.html
Alpenrose
Very many thanks for this reply!
If you look at the new Zurich-Grindelwald-Zurich ‘thread’, you will see that I have (at the end) referred the enquirer to this ‘thread’, in particular to this answer.
Hi,
You can find information about tickets and how to get to the Swiss Museum of Transport here: https://www.myswissalps.com/activity/museum-of-transport/
You can purchase a ticket to visit the entire museum but if you don’t have time, you can also just purchase admission tickets for certain parts of the museum.
Regards,
Anna
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