How to reserve train seats for Lausanne-Milan with Swiss Travel Pass

Chinthika · 2024-04-21T13:25:55+02:00

Hi Im planning to book a train from Lausanne to Milan for late May. We are a family of three and plan to use Swiss Travel pass. Can we reserve the seats for the EC train from Lausanne to Milan eventhough its not mandatory. I tried the SBB site, bit its shows the ticket price including the reservation, so please advise how to purchase only the ticket reservation of 5 EUR each Thank you in advance Chinthika

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Chinthika is planning a trip from Lausanne to Milan in late May with her family of three, and she wants to use the Swiss Travel Pass. She needs advice on how to reserve seats for the train, even though it's not mandatory, and is having trouble with the SBB website.

Key takeaways:

You can purchase seat reservations for the EC train from Lausanne to Milan even if they are not required.
Reservations can be made at any rail station as well.
If you have a Swiss Travel Pass, only buy a ticket for the Italian section (likely Domodossola-Milan), as your travel in Switzerland is covered.

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Chinthika
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21 April 2024 at 13:25:55 #1436636

Hi

Im planning to book a train from Lausanne to Milan for late May. We are a family of three and plan to use Swiss Travel pass.

Can we reserve the seats for the EC train from Lausanne to Milan eventhough its not mandatory.

I tried the SBB site, bit its shows the ticket price including the reservation, so please advise how to purchase only the ticket reservation of 5 EUR each

Thank you in advance

Chinthika

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Reply 1 of 2 • 21 April 2024 at 22:27:11 #1436687

Hi Chinthika,

Yes, you can purchase seat reservations even though they are not mandatory. Purchase of seat reservations can also be made at any rail station too.

We have a page explaining seat reservations:
- https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/seat-reservation/
My understanding via the SBB website, there should be an option to scroll down and select ‘Seat reservation only’.

Note, should you have the Swiss Travel Pass (https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-ticket/swiss-travel-pass/). For your journey Lausanne to Milan, you would only need to purchase a rail ticket for the Italian section (most likely Domodossola-Milan). The rest of your travel within Switzerland is covered with the pass. You can read about travel to/from Italy in the link below, there are purchase options too for any ‘Italy tickets’.
- https://www.myswissalps.com/travel-guide/italy-switzerland/
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Reply 2 of 2 • 26 April 2024 at 9:19:54 #1461773

Dear Yolanda

Thanks. Will check the SBB site again as I couldn’t locate only the seat reservation for the said train

Chinthika

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