[Removed user]

10 May 2023 at 22:58:20 #829820

I passed through Montreux a few times on my recent visit to Switzerland, and the MOB railway was using two trainsets with one each of the old panorama cars with ‘VIP’ forwards looking observation saloons, so at present quite a few of the trains on that section will be using these two train sets

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[Yolanda]

11 May 2023 at 19:12:07 #954315

Hi everyone,

This relates to the VIP seats on the GoldenPass trains. Availability is limited however there are now some options, per 1960man’s post.

Additional information on the GoldenPass train route and seating can be found here:

• https://www.myswissalps.com/goldenpass
• https://www.myswissalps.com/goldenpass/tickets

Kind regards,

Yolanda

[Ventsislav]

12 May 2023 at 18:08:25 #954316

I contacted MOB via email and they responded that it is not possible to book seats on the VIP online. The only way is to check at the station if the train offers it.

[Anna]

12 May 2023 at 18:44:40 #954317

Hi Ventsislav,

That’s right. Currently you can only book the VIP seats directly from the station.

Thanks for sharing this important detail.

Regards,

Anna

[Removed user]

12 May 2023 at 23:09:53 #954318

Yes, this is because there is no guarantee that the trains I was referring to will stay in the same formation, nor which actual service the ‘observation’ cars will be allocated to. After some time when it was even more uncertain that these carriages were in regular use, I started this thread to flag up that they seem to be in regular use at present.

[Ventsislav]

13 May 2023 at 9:26:28 #954319

With Zweisimmen and Montreux being start and end point (and vice versa) of this VIP option, correct?

[Removed user]

13 May 2023 at 12:04:26 #954320

That’s correct.

MOB railway has been modernising its fleet completely in the last few years. MOB now employs:

• All the older trains randomly in all other services (Montreux – Zweisimmen)
• the new GoldenPass Express vehicles (in theory usable as far as Interlaken (until the technical track problem got in the way)

Until a few years ago the ‘old’ observation cars (there are only two) were positioned at each end (with the powered locomotive in the middle ) of what was then known as the Crystal Panoramic Express (to distinguish it from the MOB’s ‘Super Panoramic’ train with just the older panoramic coaches (!). The Crystal Panoramic train ran at specific times so MOB was able to sell VIP seats in advance as the train was always booked to cover the same services each day.