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Hello future travelers,
Interrail offers a 20% discount on the Interrail Global Pass. The pass can be used for the next 11 months, so that’s until early 2022. If you need to cancel, you’ll get a refund of 85%, or 100% if you upgrade to their “Plus package”. This offer expires on March 31.
All details can be found here: https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/global-pass.
Note: Interrail is available for everyone living in Europe. If you live elsewhere, please check http://www.myswissalps.com/forum/topic/eurail-sale-20-discount-on-all-passes instead.
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IF I BOUGHT INTERRAIL GLOBAL PASS,DID I NEED TO BUY SWISS TRAVEL PASS TOO?
Hi cktay,
You can buy the Interrail Global Pass and Swiss Travel Pass separately.
The Interrail Global Pass is valid for travel in multiple European countries whereas the Swiss Travel Pass is valid only in Switzerland. For more information about the Interrail Global Pass, please click on the link provided by Arno. You can get more information on the Swiss Travel Pass here: http://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass
Regards,
Anna
You usually need one or the other. Please see http://www.myswissalps.com/train/ticketspasses/practical/chooserailpass too.
Please don’t write in all caps. Thanks!
Thanks for the information.
I used an Interrail 22 day Global Pass in spring 2018, and as I needed to find places to stay for over three weeks in an expensive country the emphasis had to be on budget travel. Though the Pass covered almost all of Europe, I used it to get a) between the UK and Switzerland and b) around Switzerland. I used slow trains across Belgium and Germany to avoid supplements (there were many strike days operating on the French railway system, SNCF, in 2018) but paid the Eurostar passholder fee of about £30 between London St Pancras and Lille. I don’t think that too much has changed with the validity of the routes, though the Pass costs a little more now.
Almost all my trip was spent in Switzerland, and I would gladly have spent another month there, such is the variety of scenery and culture and ease of travel. Don’t believe for a moment that Switzerland is a tiny country – it’s huge, when you calculate the number of places to explore. I travelled every day on the wonderful Swiss rail system, exploring many out of the way places and branch lines in the German, French, Italian and Rhaetisch language areas. Bus travel was not allowed on my ticket, but that didn’t matter at all for my itinerary. (I learned that I could have used it on one or two buses without charge – the BLS evening bus from Spiez to Interlaken, as the local stations are closed then, and the connecting bus from Altstätten town station to main station, for instance). My Interrail ticket was also valid on the Lake Thun and Lake Brienz steamers operated by BLS – a wonderful experience, and I even used it to travel on two historic trains free of charge!
Almost every line in Switzerland allowed for free travel on my ticket. Exceptions were the Jungfrau lines south of Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Grindelwald and the Jungfaujoch where a percentage discount is allowed, tourist steam and top-of-mountain railways, the mountain line from Montreux to Rochers de Naye and a few urban and Metro lines. The little independent line from Meiringen to Innertkirchen was also off limits, but I understand that the Zentralbahn (ticket valid) has now taken over ownership, so that may now be available too on Interrail.
One great aspect of the ticket was the free travel into neighbouring countries. I dipped in and out of Italy (at Tirano and Domodossola), Austria (the Arlberg), Germany, Belgium and France – always using local trains. One further lesson for budget travel was to avoid the very few supplemental trains in Switzerland – the Glacier and Bernina Express ‘luxury’ trains. Local trains here involved a bit more changing, but it was all part of the fun. They were frequent, usually very much quieter, and you got to see local people using them rather than tourists.
I am very much a train ‘nerd’ so loved every minute of maybe 7 or 8 trains a day. Some days were tightly planned, others more carefree. My favourite activity was just to jump off a train at a little local halt and walk to the next to soak up the locality and the wonderful scenery, wild flowers and wild life. Almost always another train comes along an hour later.
I hope that is helpful.
John
Thank you John, for sharing your experiences with us. I am sure it will be useful for other readers too.
Hi Arno, can you help me with a trip in late July if Switzerland’s open.Me and my wife fly into Basal on a Thursday and take the train ,with our end destination being Wengen and then returning on the following Thursday to Basel to get our flight back to the U.K. In between probably the Monday we are looking at going by rail to Gelmer. My question is will the Interail Global Pass(3 day) cover our train journeys I’m looking at and will they be flexible if the flights from the U.K are delayed.
Hi Briggs! The Interrail Global Pass will cover most of your train journeys, but not all. You can check its validity here: http://www.myswissalps.com/interrailglobalpass/validity. Basel-Interlaken is covered; Interlaken-Wengen v.v. is 25% discounted. As for a trip to the Gelmerbahn: that would be covered as far as Meiringen. You’d pay full fares between Meiringen and the valley station “Handegg, Gelmerbahn”. Full fares would also apply to the Gelmerbahn trip itself.
Another pass might suit your plans better, but this depends on all details of your itinerary. Here’s how to pick the best pass: http://www.myswissalps.com/train/ticketspasses/practical/chooserailpass. You may want to consider the Regional-Pass Berner Oberland (http://www.myswissalps.com/regionalpassberneseoberland), a Swiss Half Fare Card (http://www.myswissalps.com/swisshalffarecard) or even a Swiss Travel Pass (http://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass).
Most rail passes and tickets are valid all day long, so if your flight happens to be delayed, you can simply catch the next train. Only special tickets (such as Supersaver tickets) are valid for specific trains and departure times (http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/switzerland).
I hope this is helpful. If you have further questions about your upcoming trip that aren’t directly related to this Interrail Global Pass promotion, you’d best open a new thread. Happy planning :-)!
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