[Anonymous]

20 January 2020 at 15:06:54 #824948

Hello, I am travelling from Milan to Zermatt and I plan to get the half fare pass. What is the best way to book a train ticket? Do I have to buy the ticket in advance prior to arrival in Milan or I can buy the ticket from Milan airport on the day off to Zermatt. Thanks for the help.

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[rockoyster]

Reply 1 of 8 • 20 January 2020 at 19:36:49 #928386

Hello Hugsebron and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

Reservations are required on Italian trains. Buy tickets in advance for best price. See http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/italy.

The Swiss Half-fare Card kicks in at Domodossola.
http://www.myswissalps.com/swisshalffarecard

[User]

Reply 2 of 8 • 20 January 2020 at 20:17:27 #928387

we just did this – i had the same question – on the italian train website we purchased a full fare ticket from milan to the border town of Domadossola – on the swiss train website we purchased the half fare ticket from Domadossola to the swiss destination – just buy it for the same train number

[User]

Reply 3 of 8 • 23 January 2020 at 18:45:03 #928388

Thank you for the info.

[User]

Reply 4 of 8 • 23 January 2020 at 18:54:23 #928389

Hi Hugsebron,

buy your ticket from Milan to Zermatt and also your Swiss Half Fare Card online, in advance. Seat reservation is only required on the Italian trains. Regarding the seat reservation on Swiss trains read at http://www.myswissalps.com/train/reservations/howtouse.

You can buy your Swiss Half Fare Card at http://www.myswissalps.com/swisshalffarecard/price.

Ildiko

You might also find this useful:

• Zermatt: http://www.myswissalps.com/zermatt

[User]

Reply 5 of 8 • 23 January 2020 at 19:10:19 #928390

Thank you all for the help.

I will do the Milan to Domodossola (full fare) and then Domodossola to Zermatt (half fare). I just need to figure out is how to make sure that I pick the correct train. Any suggestion?

[User]

Reply 6 of 8 • 23 January 2020 at 19:57:29 #928391

Hi Hugsebron,

you can book your tickets in one step, there is no need to buy them separately: http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/italy/price.

For example at http://www.trainline.eu you can add your Swiss Half Fare Card: when selecting the amount of the travelers you need to click on “+ add loyalty & railcards” and select “CFF – Demi Tarif” from the list. (It will be at the end of the list.) CFF is the French name of SBB and Demi Tarif is the French name for the Swiss Half Fare Card.

This is the easiest way, then there is no need to check the train numbers.

Ildiko

prf.hn/click/camref:1100l46M3/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trainline.eu%2Fsearch

[rockoyster]

Reply 7 of 8 • 23 January 2020 at 20:11:31 #928392

You can buy tickets for the end to end route on the SBB website. During the process you claim a reduction for “Half-fare” for the Swiss leg of the journey.

Try that and see how the price compares to Trainline.eu (where I see the discount option as “CFF – Half-fare card”).

[User]

Reply 8 of 8 • 27 January 2020 at 16:46:50 #928393

Thank you for the information. This is very helpful.