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Hi Neha,
The Bernina Express doesn’t depart from St. Moritz that day, hence why you don’t see it on the timetable. http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable
The Rhb site is not showing me the Bernina Express train either – just regional trains. If you search for Pontresina to Tirano the BEX panorama train does appear though.
You can take any train that day that you want to Tirano as it follows the same route as the Bernina Express.
But if you want to be on the Bernina Express train itself, you’ll have to pick it up at Pontresina at 10:22 (it isn’t far from St. Moritz).
Reservations can be made on the Rhb site or here: http://www.myswissalps.com/be rninaexpress/packages
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You don’t need to use the Bernina Express from St Moritz. All trains on the Bernina line run the same route and the Bernina railway runs from St Moritz to Tirano. Just turn up in good time at St Moritz station and board whichever Bernina line train you wish.
Here’s a paste of my standard ‘FAQ’ about the Bernina:
You do not have to travel on the Bernina Express, any local/regional train is free to board in Graubünden if you have the right valid pass. If you are accessing hiking opportunities, local trains are better, the Bernina Express (and Glacier Express) are aimed at tourists travelling the whole way on the train and looking at the views rather than hopping up and down between hikes.
It is important to understand the difference between the ‘Bernina Express’ and the ‘Bernina Railway’. The Bernina Railway is the (originally independent) railway line from St Moritz to Tirano – it became part of the RhB in 1943.
It has regular ‘normal’ train services.
The Bernina Express runs through once a day from Chur, but the line from Chur as far as Samedan/Pontresina/St Moritz is the Albula railway not the Bernina railway. The Albula railway is also superb as a jumping off point for hikes.