Best train route Luxembourg-Lauterbrunnen

  • sunrunner
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    8 August 2022 at 15:06:43 #828003

    Hello

    My wife and I have purchased the Swiss Travel Pass and would like to know the best routing for us to travel from Luxembourg City to Lauterbrunnen?

    Thank you in advance for any help with this.

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    Anna
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    8 August 2022 at 17:39:25 #945329

    Hi sunrunner,

    I think the fastest train route would be via Strasbourg and Basel.

    With the Swiss Travel Pass, your journey from Basel to Lauterbrunnen is covered. You only need a ticket from Luxembourg to Basel. You can find information about buying point-to-point tickets here: http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/france

    Hope this gets you started.

    Regards,

    Anna

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    8 August 2022 at 23:22:10 #945330

    There used to be a direct express train Brussels – Chur via Luxembourg. Sadly it was withdrawn when the TGV East Europeen was opened, and replacement service promised have not materialised, mainly because the TGV lines don’t serve Luxembourg very closely.

    Luxembourg – Basel is now quite complicated, quite a long journey time and between 3 and 6 changes of train necessary. You can travel via Germany or France. Note that the shortest journey times can be those with the most number of changes required, and some also now include some bus links

    Best place to look is bahn.de aka bahn.com

    sunrunner
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    9 August 2022 at 21:27:54 #945331

    Thank you very much Anna.

    We will take your advice on the routing. We will be arriving in the second week of September, and have not booked any of our transportation yet (only lodging). Do you think it will be a problem if we have the Swiss Travel Card and try to book the trains once arriving in Switzerland?

    Thanks again.

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    10 August 2022 at 8:23:46 #945332

    Hi sunrunner,

    usually, you do not need to reserve your trains in Switzerland. Exceptions are some panoramic trains and international trains like TGV. (Check this one to learn more: http://www.myswissalps.com/train/reservations/howtouse)

    With your Swiss Travel Pass you just hop on the local trains. If you need an additional ticket (like for mountain transport), you can buy it on the spot. See the validity mp of the Swiss Travel Pass here: http://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass/validity.

    Learn more about how to use your Swiss Travel Pass: http://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass/howtouse.

    Ildiko

    sunrunner
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    10 August 2022 at 14:36:16 #945333

    Perfect – thank you for your reply.

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