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Hi MMottle –
<<“When looking at the coverage map it seems to show a section in the middle of the trip that we only get a 50% discount?? Am I correct or just not reading the map correctly.”>>
Check the information in the upper right corner of the coverage map -CAREFULLY. Zoom in and expand the information. It is confusing. You are probably seeing a tunnel.
Slowpoke
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Hi MMottle,
We just returned from Switzerland. We had a 15 day consecutive Swiss Travel Pass. We took trains from Grindelwald to Zermatt one morning and did not have to pay anything. We just showed our pass when they asked to see it on the train and had our passports to show for identification if they asked.
hsuccindy
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Dashed red lines on the map are railway tunnels (not to be confused with dotted lines) and are on routes that are fully covered by the Swiss Travel Pass.
If you want a more scenic route go via Kandersteg. You will then travel between Spiez and Brig on the Regio-Express Lötschberger train over the traditional, more than 100 year old mountain route, giving you a wonderful view along the impressive peaks and down into the Rhone Valley. The 1-hour faster route via Visp takes you through the fairly lengthy Lötschberg Base Tunnel with rather limited views.
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one of these days the powers that be will realise that they need to change the synoptic map as there are too many confusing things on one map…
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Thanks so much that sounds like a great idea, I will look into that!
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Hi mmottle-
I do my best to always take the more scenic route described by Rockoyster, via Kandersteg.
One forum member felt that they would rather have that 1 hour extra at Zermatt.
Your choice.
Both are covered by the STP.
Sowpoke
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<<“the ‘Traffimage’ maps:”>>
Definitely useful.
Nice level of detail. Looks like the maps that they used to include with the Kursbuch, but without the train numbers/route numbers.
Slowpoke