Seat reservation on the Bernina Express Bus
Mike, an Australian traveler, is seeking help on reserving two bus seats from Tirano to Lugano after booking a train from Chur. He found difficulty navigating various websites, especially when it comes to reserving bus seats as part of the Bernina Express journey. He desires straightforward guidance to make the reservation process easier.
- You can book your Bernina Express bus tickets on the same site you use for the train, specifically shop.rhb.ch/en/bernina-express.
- It’s recommended to treat the train and bus bookings as separate transactions for an easier experience.
- Bus reservations do not allow for seat selections; seats are assigned automatically when booking.
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Hi everyone and thank you for your dedication and advice you all give on this wonderful sight.
I’m an old Aussie and I need assistance with how to reserve two seats on the bus after arriving in Tirano to go to Lugano.
I have worked out how to book the reservation for the Bernina Express train from Chur to Tarino with the Swiss Travel Pass but I can not work out how to book the bus section from Tirano to Lugano.
I have researched many threads on this site but again it gives me links to reserve seats etc on the train but I can never find how to actually reserve the seat on the bus.
I have been looking at multiple sights and putting in dates that are still 30 to 60 days away but I have had no success in finding a link or drop down box etc for the bus reservation for two seats.
I have looked at multiple sellers sights with no success but I would prefer to book with the official sight and I have been on SBB and RHB so we can choose our seats on the train but again I can’t find how to reserve bus seats. We will travel first class on the train from Chur to Tirano and I understand that the bus is all one class which is no issue but I didn’t know how to book the bus after reserving seats on the train.
I have tried to see if you are required to make a separate reservation for the bus or if reserving tickets for the bus is an extension of the Bernina Express Tain ticket. No sight that I can find has a spot to reserve the bus seat. Any advice on how to simply reserve the seats on the bus would be greatly appreciated and I’m sure it is just user error by an old Australian so I just need someone to make it simple for me. Regards Mike.
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Hello Mike,
From one old Aussie to another, you make reservations on the bus the same place you do the train – shop.rhb.ch/en/bernina-express. Just enter Tirano to Lugano.
It is best to book the train and the bus as two separate transactions. There have been recent reports that you can book right through from Chur to Lugano but I’ve never managed that.
See also http://www.myswissalps.com/forum/topic/seat-reservations-on-the-bernina-express.
This trip report may be of interest.
Hi M day5051,
you can book your tickets for the Bernina Express bus also at http://www.myswissalps.com/berninaexpress/tickets (without picking your seats, you get them automatically).
Ildiko
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Thank you Rockoyster and Iidiko for the responses and yes it was user error. I have been on the RHB site multiple times and after Rockoysters comments to put in Tirano to Lugano I now realise that the diagram is of a 38 seat bus where as I was thinking it was a train carriage so now it all makes perfect sense and by the display I can even see the front and back of the coach. Thanks again for you help and always it is greatly appreciated. Regards Mike.
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