Seat reservations for GoldenPass and Jungfraujoch

  • MELO
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    6 posts
    10 July 2022 at 18:14:29 #827737

    Hello – this is probably posted somewhere but I haven’t found it. Do seat reservations ever sell out completely? We have the Class 1 Swiss Pass and are traveling later this week. We tried to get a one way seat reservation for the four of us on the Golden Pass train, but haven’t been able to figure out how to do that and indicate we have the Pass already. I am wondering if we will be able to make a seat reservation the day of travel or if we should keep trying to reserve it now.

    I am also wondering the same for a ride up to Jungfrau. We are staying in Wengen – do we need to make an additional purchase of a ticket to go up to the Jungfraujoch, and if so can we do it in Wengen? Would we be able to purchase it before the day of travel, and similarly, does this ever “sell out” so that you are not able to go?

    Thank you so much!

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    10 July 2022 at 20:59:50 #944164

    For Golden Pass (if you mean the MOB Railway section Zweisimmen – Montreux (try the railway’s own website MOB:

    mob.ch/?lang=en

    Jungfraujoch never ‘sells out’ Mountain railways like Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat have queueing systems and even at busy times there are enough trains

    MELO
    Participant
    6 posts
    10 July 2022 at 22:31:51 #944165

    Thank you very helpful!

    Anna
    Moderator
    6274 posts
    11 July 2022 at 10:55:05 #944166

    Hi Melo,

    Welcome to MySwissAlps.

    Seat reservations are not compulsory on Swiss trains except on a few panoramic trains such as the Glacier Express and Bernina Express, as explained here: http://www.myswissalps.com/train/reservations.

    On the Golden Pass trains, seats are recommended on the popular route between Zweisimmen and Montreux. But otherwise, you don’t really have to worry about making seat reservations. If you have a valid ticket or a railpass, you can simply get on board and sit anywhere you like. With a 1st Class Swiss Travel Pass, I don’t think you will have any problem finding seats on the train.

    Similarly for the trip up to Jungfraujoch, seats reservations are recommended if you wish to skip the lines. You can find more details here: http://www.myswissalps.com/jungfraujoch/tickets

    Regards,

    Anna

    Arno
    Moderator
    15471 posts
    12 July 2022 at 9:51:55 #944167

    Hi MELO,

    On beautiful days in tourist high season (July and August), the maximum capacity of the trains and cable car to Jungfraujoch can sometimes be reached. With reservations you’ll have the guarantee you can board during a specific time slot. Tickets technically don’t sell out, but without a reservation, it might still happen that you can’t board simply because the cable car or trains are full. Of course you can try for the next cable car or train in such cases: tickets are valid all day long.

    So if weather forecasts look good for the day you plan to travel, you may want to arrange for reservations in advance. You can do so at the Jungfrau railways website.

    As for tickets: you can buy them online in advance to save time and skip the queues. Tickets will be discounted by 25% with your Swiss Travel Pass: https://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass/validity. You’ll find purchase options through the link Anna provided. If you prefer the official SBB tourist webshop, this is the one:https://shop.switzerlandtravelcentre.com/currency=CHF#/en/product/excursionJungfraujoch. You can indicate you have a Swiss Travel Pass during the purchase process.

    MELO
    Participant
    6 posts
    12 July 2022 at 18:28:38 #944168

    Thank you all so much. This is very helpful detail, and such an extremely helpful forum!

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