Panorama VIP reservations on Golden Pass
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Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 13:46:05 #815064
How does one go about making VIP seats reservations for the Zweisimmen to Montreaux section on the Golden Pass route? (We already have our Swiss Travel Passes).
Thank you- John
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Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 15:23:53 #880524
Hi John,
Normally you can make your reservation here: http://www.myswissalps.com/go ldenpass/tickets
But it isn’t possible until June due to construction on the line between Zweisimmen and Montreux.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 15:36:39 #880525Thank you Lucas.
We hope to travel on 13 June; will construction be complete? And I infer from your comment we still must wait until June to reserve seats, correct? Is there a charge for reservations on the Panoramic Train?
Thanks for all your help. MySwissAlps is a marvelous planning tool.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 17:33:43 #880526I believe it is finished June 1 – I’m away from my notes today 🙂 You are a little early for reservations yes but it won’t be an issue making one closer to travel time (a month or two before should be plenty!)
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 19:57:20 #880527I booked 2 VIP seats for 9 June about 90 days before our travel date direct with train operator on their web site. Only 2 seats had been reserved at that time.
John Elsy.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 20:53:55 #880528Thank you — and was there an extra charge for a Panorama seat reservation?
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 21:16:23 #880529I paid CHF 15 for each seat in VIP area of the front carriage.. It may be a little lower in the standard Panoramic carriages. John.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts31 March 2018 at 21:23:31 #880530Thank John.
I guess it’s worth it (even on top of the cost of the Swiss Travel Pass). On the Happy Rail site the cost is CHF 18.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts1 April 2018 at 0:50:08 #880531>> How does one go about making VIP seats reservations for the Zweisimmen to Montreaux section on the Golden Pass route? … We hope to travel on 13 June … On the Happy Rail site the cost is CHF 18.
On the official Golden Pass reservation site, VIP seat reservations are CHF 15, normal seats are CHF 8, and you can choose your seats. Can you choose your seats on the Happy Rail site?
The VIP seats are not on every Golden Pass train. There are only two departures daily in each direction that have the carriage with the VIP seats. From Zweisimmen to Montreux they are the 12:25 and 18:25 departures.
You can book up to 90 days ahead of your travel date, so the front row VIP seats for the 12:25 departure from Zweisimmen on 13 June have already been booked, but there are still some second row VIP seats available. Front row VIP seats are still available on the 18:25 departure, which arrives at Montreux at 20:11, just on sunset.
This is the official Golden Pass reservation site:
Alpenrose
Removed userParticipant72625 posts1 April 2018 at 8:57:44 #880532I used reservations.mob.ch but I think you can use myswissalps.com
You do not need a ticket or Swiss Pass to book a reservation.
If you Google golden pass train photos you can seethe seat layout which is excellent.
Good luck.
John Elsy.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts2 April 2018 at 10:51:20 #880533Thank you John and Alpenrose,
We’ve reserved the four front row VIP Panorama seats for the last train the night before. Appreciate all your help.
Removed userParticipant72625 posts3 April 2018 at 5:36:08 #880534>> We’ve reserved the four front row VIP Panorama seats for the last train the night before
Glad you got some front-row seats on a departure that suited you!
Alpenrose
StevefromHouParticipant148 posts3 April 2018 at 13:59:43 #880535I saw a post about being able to reserve the front 2 rows of seats, from what I remember it was a little tricky finding how to do it but somehow I managed to get it done for a trip in late Feb of 2016.
Great view and only 2 seats in second row were reserved, 3 of us had the front to ourselves. Great deal.
I attached a couple shots from front seat.
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