Changing trains in Samedan in only 2 minutes?

  • Travelbug53
    Participant
    64 posts
    1 June 2016 at 23:06:40 #809331

    Hello Experts,

    We will be arriving at Zurich Airport at 3:00 pm on June 11 and need to take a train to Pontresina. I checked the time table and am worried that we have only two minutes to change trains with luggage in Samedan. I have attached a screen shot of the time table. Would you be able to suggest an alternate route where we’ll have enough time to make the connection? Thank you.

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    Arno
    Moderator
    15471 posts
    2 June 2016 at 6:16:40 #852541

    Hi Travelbug,

    The attachment shows another trip, but the two minute change is no problem. It’s a simple cross platform “efficient” change. I’ve done it multiple times. You can make it a bit easier by sitting in the middle of the train rather than in the first or last carriage. That gives you a nearly 100% chance of stopping directly across your next train, so you only need to walk 10 meters or so.

    If you do miss that train, there’s a next one, and there are buses too in that region.

    Slowpoke
    Participant
    7567 posts
    3 June 2016 at 1:07:21 #852542

    Small station. They will wait for the train.

    See this image of the station:

    map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=swisstopo&lang=e n&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo .swissimage&X=156520.7 5&Y=786758.25&zoom=1

    Zoom in.

    Your screen shot does not show that journey, and shows a date in January, 2015…..?

    slowpoke

    Travelbug53
    Participant
    64 posts
    3 June 2016 at 1:21:40 #852543

    Thank you for your advice Arno and Slowpoke. We will follow your great suggestion to sit n the mid section of the train. Sorry about the wrong attachment. Even though my screen shot shows the timetable for June 11 from Zurich airport at 17:18, it somehow defaults to another schedule when I attach the picture. Sorry.

    Arno
    Moderator
    15471 posts
    3 June 2016 at 7:00:15 #852544

    Hi Travelbug53,

    I’m not sure what happened to your attachment. Perhaps it’s a bug in the forum. I noticed you named it “image”. I wonder what happens if you give it a unique name such as “image2016060301” before uploading it. If that works it’s a problem in the forum and I will plan a fix.

    Travelbug53
    Participant
    64 posts
    6 June 2016 at 3:21:12 #852545

    Thank you Arno. I took a screen shot from my computer, pasted it in Paint and renamed it to see if it attaches correctly. Maybe it’s because I took a screen shot and attached it from my tablet in my previous post.

    Arno
    Moderator
    15471 posts
    6 June 2016 at 8:17:24 #852546

    This time it worked fine. Thanks for trying!

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