Which Swiss trains have family zone/area?
A traveler is planning a trip through Switzerland with their toddler and wants to find out which of their train routes will have family coaches. They will travel from Zurich Flughafen Airport to Bern, then to Gstaad, Lauterbrunnen, Lucerne, and back to Zurich, and are looking for advice on family-friendly train options.
- Check the SBB timetable to identify trains with family coaches marked as 'FZ' or 'FA' for family sections.
- The Zurich Flughafen to Bern route typically has family coaches on most IC trains.
- Only the inter-city routes like Zurich Flughafen - Bern and Lucerne - Zurich are likely to offer family coaches, so plan your journey accordingly.
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Hi MySwissAlps Members, I watched a lovely video about the family coaches that are available on some of the SBB trains:
St. Gallen–Zurich HB–Bern–Geneva Airport
Romanshorn–Zurich HB–Bern–Brig
Basel SBB–Bern–Brig
Basel SBB–Bern–Interlaken Ost
Basel SBB–Zurich HB–Chur
I’m trying to figure out if any of the routes we’re taking will have this family coach (a LIFESAVER with toddler really!) Could anyone help this Mom out?
Zurich Flughafen Airport -> Bern
Bern -> Gstaad
Gstaad ->Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen ->Lucerne
Lucerne->Zurich
Thanks so much!
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Hi mrsl,
You can check the train routes on the SBB timetable here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable
Trains with an FZ on the legend have a family zone (you need to click on each train departure to expand the menu and see the legend.
Perfect! Thanks again Lucas!
Zurich Flughafen Airport -> Bern
Bern -> Gstaad
Gstaad ->Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen ->Lucerne
Lucerne->Zurich
Only Zurich Flughafen – Bern and Luzern – Zurich are SBB inter-city routes, other routes you mention aren’t SBB trains so won’t have the family coach that you have seen a video of.
According to your list you won’t be using the longer distance SBB services so you will have limited opportunity to take advantage of the family coaches.
Nevertheless:
For Zurich Flughafen – Bern most of the IC trains have the family coach
Here is the PDF for Zurich – Luzern. Most (but not all) trains on that line are listed as ‘FA’ which stands for ‘Familien abteil’ ie family section (zone) – although the journey only takes 40 minutes
http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/ fileadmin/fap_pdf_fiel ds/2019/660.pdf
FA, rather than FZ
Thanks so much 1960mam! This was very helpful. Super appreciated.
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