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Hi,
Your plan looks OK. STT was used by me also for Geneva- Zermatt- Basel sector. But when you begin journey at Geneva don’t forget to take endorsement from Ticket Checking staff for commencement of STT. There are rules that journey must be completed on same calendar day from Geneva to zermatt and return from Zermatt to Basel. Check these rules.
I also suggest you can use Swiss rail facility to move your luggage- say hand over luggage to them at Geneva and take delivery at zermatt. But be careful,delivery will be granted only upto 7 or 8pm in evening.
In fact I used same STT to Reach Interlaken too buying a bridging ticket in sector Visp-Interlaken-Visp.
Consider buying a half fare card along with STT ,you will get concession 50% on mountain trips to Matterhorn,Jungfraujoch etc. for the cable cars etc
Regards
Sundar
72625 posts
Hi Msrajey,
You can find out all the facts about how to use the Swiss Transfer Ticket here. The most important is that you have to specify the dates that you will use it (validate) before traveling. This can be done when purchasing the ticket. Traveling the day after arrival is not a problem.
Regards,
Lucas
72625 posts
Thanks Lucas for the clarification.
Thanks Sundar as well for the details. I was also exploring the swiss half fare card but since I am tin Zermatt only for 4 days maximum and Zermatt being car-free, I was wondering if it was still worth it compared to paying full fare for the mountain rail to Matterhorn and Gornergrat? Is there anything I’m missing here that would make getting the half fare card more beneficial?
For now i do not have plans to go to Interlaken and in Basel, I intend to utilise the mobility ticket from the hotel, which offers free transport within Basel, including to the airport on 4th May.
Thanks for your suggestions and advice.
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Half fare card decision is simple arithmetic. Add cost of the half fare card to all tickets you propose to buy at half fare. In my case it worked out in saving because I bought half fare tickets to Gornergrat , Matterhorneglacier and Jungfraujoch . you can decide accordingly too.
I wish you an enjoyable holiday in Switzerland.
7116 posts
Hi msrajey,
As madduris200 pointed out you’d best do some calculations. Full fares add up very quickly and in many cases a Swiss Half Fare Card does save you money. Calculation help can be found here.