Break Swiss train journey: 1 or 2 tickets to buy?

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    15 May 2018 at 15:20:25 #815991

    I am traveling from Interlaken to Zurich and want to have a 2 hour stop in Lucern. I don’t understand the Swiss timetable online booking for doing it on one ticket. Must I buy two tickets?

    Thanks,

    Ken

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    15 May 2018 at 16:22:40 #885326

    Hi Ken,

    You can just buy one ticket. On the timetable you fill in Interlaken to Zurich via Lucerne.

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    16 May 2018 at 2:16:37 #885327

    Is it not a problem if the ticket specifies a Lucern to Zurich train that has already left the Lucern station?

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    16 May 2018 at 2:21:54 #885328

    Hi Ken,

    >> Is it not a problem if the ticket specifies a Lucern to Zurich train that has already left the Lucern station?

    If you are buying a standard ticket (not a Supersaver ticket), it will not be for a particular departure (regardless of what connection you choose during the ticket-purchase process). The ticket will be valid for any train on that route for the whole day.

    For the purposes of getting a suitable set of connections (but irrelevant for ticket purchase), you can use advanced search to enter 2 hours as your stopover time when you put via Luzern into your timetable search.

    Alpenrose

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