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29 March 2018 at 16:36:35 #815033

We are planning a vacation in Switzerland with our three kids. We have purchased month-long half-fare passes for my husband and myself and a family card for the kids. I’m attempting to buy a train ticket from Lyon, France to Interlaken. The trainline.eu website allows me to enter our half-fare cards but I have not been able to enter our family card. If I understand it correctly, the family card should let the kids ride free with us on the Swiss part of our trip. Thanks for any advice you can offer!

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29 March 2018 at 20:57:44 #880292

Hi BTSalter and welcome to MySwissAlps!

Yes, that is the case – they are free within Switzerland with the Swiss Family Card. I would just buy tickets from Lyon to the Swiss border (Geneva) for your kids. You can buy that ticket here.

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30 March 2018 at 0:42:16 #880293

Thank you! We’ll just purchase the tickets from Geneva to Interlaken at the Geneva station.

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30 March 2018 at 7:13:22 #880294

It might be simpler to do everything online so you don’t have to deal with ticket lines etc at Geneva. But if you want a pit stop on the trip that can work too.